Technetium Tc-99m Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose

Preferred Label : Technetium Tc-99m Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose;

NCIt synonyms : 99mTc Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose; Technetium-99m-Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose; 99mTc EC-DG; Technetium Tc 99m Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose;

NCIt definition : A radiopharmaceutical consisting of ethylenedicysteine-deoxyglucose (EC-DG) labeled with the metastable radioisotope technetium Tc-99 (99mTc). Upon administration, technetium Tc 99m ethylenedicysteine-deoxyglucose accumulates in cells with increased metabolic activity such as proliferating tumor cells; tumor tissue may then be imaged using gamma scintigraphy.;

Details

Origin ID

C82377;

UMLS CUI

C2000353;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- (99m)Tc ethylenedicysteine-deoxyglucose [MeSH concept]
- (99m)Tc ethylenedicysteine-deoxyglucose [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- technetium 99m ethylenedicysteine deoxyglucose [MeSH concept]
- technetium 99m ethylenedicysteine deoxyglucose [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Indicator, Reagent, or Diagnostic Aid [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- technetium 99m ethylenedicysteine deoxyglucose [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- technetium 99m ethylenedicysteine deoxyglucose [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]

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