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Biomarkers for predicting the efficacy of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody in the treatment of colorectal cancer.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2014
Okada Yasuyuki, Miyamoto Hiroshi, Goji Takahiro, Takayama Tetsuji
Abstract excerpt
Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibodies have been widely utilized as a standard treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Anti-EGFR antibodies bind competitively to EGFRs to inhibit receptor activation and subsequent signal transduction of the RAS/RAF/MEK pathway and PI3K/AKT pathway. By inhibiting EGFR-mediated signal transduction, anti-EGFR antibodies inhibit cell growth, invasion,...
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