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Interactions between anti-EGFR therapies and cytotoxic chemotherapy in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Why clinical trials have failed and how they could succeed
2020-05-28
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BACKGROUND Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has high mortality and poor prognosis. Advanced tumours are treated with fluoropyrimidine/platinum chemotherapy (PBC) followed by second-line irinotecan or taxane monotherapy, but resistance is common and new therapeutic approaches are needed. Approximately 20% of ESCC tumours carry copy number gain (CNG) of the epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ) gene....
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- c1d5cb38-6d91-52c8-9520-bb4349809d24
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-31064/v1
