FDA approves Lymphoseek to help determine the extent of head and neck cancer in the body

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Title: FDA approves Lymphoseek to help determine the extent of head and neck cancer in the body

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FDA approves Lymphoseek to help determine the extent of head and neck cancer in the body

06/13/2014 10:25 AM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection, a radioactive diagnostic imaging agent used to help doctors determine the extent a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma has spread in the body’s head and neck region.

 

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