PALPABLE BRAND COMPOSITION, METHOD AND PARTS KIT TO IDENTIFY AND / OR LOCATE A NON-PALPABLE TUMOR, BETTER PRECISION AND / OR A TARGET TISSUE, AND USE OF A PALPABLE MARKER COMPOSITION

摘要

The present invention relates to a palpable marker composition comprising non-water soluble carbohydrates, wherein at least 50% of non-water soluble carbohydrates are selected carbohydrates from lactose derivatives, maltose, trehalose, raffinose, glucosamine, galactosamine, lactosamine or disaccharide derivatives with at least two pyranose saccharide units, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides or mixtures thereof, and wherein the composition is a liquid prior to administration to the human or animal body and increases in viscosity by more than 50,000 centipoise (cp) after administration, for use in identifying and / or locating a non-palpable tumor. In one embodiment, the composition is a liquid prior to administration to the human or animal body which increases in viscosity by more than 500,000 centipoise (cp) following administration to the human or animal body. In another embodiment, the composition is a liquid prior to administration and has the ability to turn into a crystalline or amorphous solid upon administration.