EFFECT OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC-AGENTS ON THE LIVER-SPLEEN SCAN

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (1) , 84-87
Abstract
The effects of short-term cancer chemotherapy on the liver-spleen scintiscans of 15 patients were assessed. Half of these exhibited minimal and transient changes in the pattern of radiocolloid distribution and/or chemical liver-function tests. No examples of new focal defects were seen. Cytotoxic drugs are probably capable of inducing minor scan changes that might be attributed erroneously to intrinsic hepatic disease.