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Association between serum ligands and the skin toxicity of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Cancer science - 1 May 2015
Takahashi Naoki, Yamada Yasuhide, Furuta Koh, Nagashima Kengo, Kubo Akiko, Sasaki Yusuke, Shoji Hirokazu, Honma Yoshitaka, Iwasa Satoru, Okita Natsuko, Takashima Atsuo, Kato Ken, Hamaguchi Tetsuya, Shimada Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Skin toxicity is a known clinical signature used to predict the prognosis of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). There are no biological markers to predict skin toxicity before anti-EGFR antibody treatment in mCRC patients. Between August 2008 and August 2011, pretreatment serum samples were obtained from KRAS wild-type (WT) patients who received...
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