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[Predictive factors of response to anti-EGFR treatments in colorectal cancer].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2008
Lièvre Astrid, Laurent-Puig Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Among the targeted therapies used in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), cetuximab was registered in France in 2004. This chimeric antibody inhibiting the Epidermal Growth receptor (EGFR) has been demonstrated to be efficient in the treatment of irinotecan-resistant metastatic CRC expressing the EGFR. Panitumumab, a fully humanized anti-EGFR antibody should soon be registered after failure of...
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