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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00020-7 | DOI Listing |
Lancet Oncol
March 2023
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, UK; Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Iodine-131 tositumomab [B1, Bexxar , iodine-131 anti-B1 antibody] is a murine antibody conjugated to iodine 131 that recognises and binds to the B1 (CD20) antigen which is found specifically on B lymphocytes. Iodine-131 tositumomab has a dual mechanism of action. It is capable of initiating a host immune response to those B cells to which it is attached, and it also triggers apoptosis in a significant proportion of the cells to which it binds.
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