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111In Panitumumab for Nodal Staging in Head and Neck Cancer

Trial Status: temporarily closed to accrual

This phase I trial studies the side effects of 111In-panitumumab for nodal staging of head of neck cancer. Often cancerous cells have unusual proteins on their surface. One way of tracking down cancerous cells is to use a 'monoclonal' antibody that latches onto these unusual proteins. 111In-panitumumab is a monoclonal antibody, panitumumab, linked to a radioactive element 111In (indium). Panitumumab will latch onto the proteins on the surface of the cancer and with the help of the linked radioactive indium, doctors may be able to more easily find lymph nodes that have cancerous cells before and during surgery.