Technetium Tc-99M Tilmanocept: Side Effects, Uses & Monitoring

Labeled uses

Lymphoseek is a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated with or without scintigraphic imaging for: • Lymphatic mapping using a handheld gamma counter to locate lymph nodes draining a primary tumor site in adult and pediatric patients age one month and older with solid tumors for which this procedure is a component of intraoperative management. • Guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy using a handheld gamma counter in patients with clinically node negative squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, breast cancer or melanoma.