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EGFR and colon cancer: a clinical view.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Jan 2008
de Castro-Carpeño J, Belda-Iniesta C, Casado Sáenz E, Hernández Agudo E, Feliu Batlle J, González Barón M
Abstract excerpt
Signalling pathways that emerge from EGFR activation are critical in colon cancer (CC) biology. Its targeting with specific drugs has opened a new window in the treatment of this disease. In this regard, monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have evidenced a high degree of efficiency opposed to the uselessness of tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. Cetuximab is the mAb that has evidenced most activity in CC. After its initial...
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