Role of an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor in treating cancer

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-436

  Waksal, Harlan W ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; EGF; Monoclonal antibodies; Radiation therapy; Receptor

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY M225; PACLITAXEL; TOPOTECAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON CARCINOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0033499814     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006302101468     Document Type: Article

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