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Panitumumab safety for treating colorectal cancer.
Expert opinion on drug safety - 1 Jun 2014
Stremitzer Stefan, Sebio Ana, Stintzing Sebastian, Lenz Heinz-Josef
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INTRODUCTION: Panitumumab is a human IgG2 mAb against the EGFR, inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, survival and angiogenesis. It has demonstrated clinical efficacy in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in combination with chemotherapy in first- and second-line settings and as monotherapy in third-line setting. Recently, mutations in the RAS genes have been shown to be predictive of lack of efficacy, panitumumab...
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