The present invention describes novel compounds of the formula:
(Q).sub.d --L.sub.n --C.sub.h,
useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, methods of imaging tumors
in a patient, and methods of treating cancer in a patient. The present
invention also provides novel compounds useful for monitoring therapeutic
angiogenesis treatment and destruction of new angiogenic vasculature. The
present invention further provides novel compounds useful for imaging
atherosclerosis, restenosis, cardiac ischemia, and myocardial reperfusion
injury. The present invention still further provides novel compounds
useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceuticals are
comprised of a targeting moiety that binds to a receptor that is
upregulated during angiogenesis, an optional linking group, and a
therapeutically effective radioisotope or diagnostically effective
imageable moiety. The imageable moiety is a gamma ray or positron emitting
radioisotope, a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent, an X-ray
contrast agent, or an ultrasound contrast agent.