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Epidermal growth factor receptor ligands: targets for optimizing treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
Growth factors (Chur, Switzerland) - 1 Dec 2019
Foroughi Siavash, Tie Jeanne, Gibbs Peter, Burgess Antony Wilks
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The discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor (EGFR) revealed the connection between EGF-like ligands, signaling from the EGFR family members and cancer. Over the next fifty years, analysis of EGFR expression and mutation led to the use of monoclonal antibodies to target EGFR in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and this treatment has improved outcomes for patients. The use of...
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