Abstract: Tumor-active or tumor-diagnostic substances having preferred accumulation in the tumor, which are characterized in that they haveat least two phenolic hydroxyl and/or amino groups,at least one aliphatic amino group, orat least one phenolic hydroxyl and/or amino group andat least one aliphatic amino groupand that these groups are substituted with polyethylene glycol chains whose polymerization degree n is 5 to 250 and whose terminal hydroxyl group is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl ester or ether, each of the substances being substituted by at least two such polyethylene glycol chains.

Abstract: The invention relates to conjugates composed ofa) at least one polyalcohol or a derivatized polyalcohol,b) at least one active agent,c) at least one linker andd) a protein,wherein the polyalcohol(s) or the derivatized polyalcohol(s) are polyalcohols or derivatized polyalcohols which are not recognized by the defense system of an organism as exogenous, and the protein is a protein which can be taken up by the tumor specifically or non-specifically, and is not recognized by the defense system of an organism as exogenous. These conjugates are suitable for, on the one hand, making possible a very sensitive method in nuclear medicine for the diagnosis of tumors and, on the other hand, for example also offering new methods for diagnosing tumors in X-ray diagnosis, computerized tomography, nuclear spin tomography, electron spin resonance spectroscopy or electron microscopy.

Abstract: A caliper for soft objects such as tumor tissue has a pair of contact plates on respective members of which at least one is movable so that the object can be embraced between the contact plates. The instrument has a visual display of the contact pressure, an electrical display of the contact pressure or a locking mechanism establishing the contact pressure for reproducible measurement.

Abstract: A caliper for soft objects such as tumor tissue has a pair of contact plates on respective members of which at least one is movable so that the object can be embraced between the contact plates. The instrument has a visual display of the contact pressure, an electrical display of the contact pressure or a locking mechanism establishing the contact pressure for reproducible measurement.