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Cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Expert review of anticancer therapy - 1 May 2012
Broadbridge Vy Tuong, Karapetis Cristos S, Price Timothy Jay
Abstract excerpt
Management of metastatic colorectal cancer has evolved in the last 10 years, with the availability of targeted therapies resulting in improvement in quality of life and overall survival. Cetuximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that binds to the EGF receptor, and the net effects are inhibition of tumor growth, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. Cetuximab binding to the EGF receptor is also known to augment...
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