Arsenic Aids Tumor Imaging When Joined To Cancer-homing Drug, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Researchers Find

ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2008) — Arsenic linked to a drug that binds to the blood vessels of cancerous tumors provides a powerful imaging agent that could one day allow physicians to detect hard-to-find tumors and more closely monitor cancer’s response to therapy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.