Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a pharmaceutical composition for detecting human melanoma cells, including: a liposome, a biomolecule having specificity for ?v?3 integrin and a radionuclide. The present disclosure also provides a method using the pharmaceutical composition for detecting human melanoma cells and a kit performing the method. By means of the specificity of the biomolecule for the ?v?3 integrin, the liposome is enabled to have recognition ability and facilitates the interaction between the liposome and a target cell. Therefore, the present disclosure is capable of being widely applied in the field of melanoma diagnosis, lymphatic metastasis detection and post-surgical monitoring, and so on.

Abstract: The invention relates to liposome compositions for delivering, for example, therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging agents to a subject. Methods for preparing and using such liposome compositions are further provided. The compositions and methods of the invention find particular use in treating, diagnosing, and imaging a tumor in a subject.