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Skin toxicity and quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer during first-line panitumumab plus FOLFIRI treatment in a single-arm phase II study.
BMC cancer - 29 Sept 2012
Thaler Josef, Karthaus Meinolf, Mineur Laurent, Greil Richard, Letocha Henry, Hofheinz Ralf, Fernebro Eva, Gamelin Erick, Baños Ana, Köhne Claus-Henning
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BACKGROUND: Integument-related toxicities are common during epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapy. Panitumumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody targeting the EGFR that significantly improves progression-free survival when added to chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have wild-type (WT) KRAS tumours. Primary efficacy and tolerability results from a phase II...
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