Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor by erlotinib (Tarceva™) for the treatment of esophageal cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1814-1822

  Sutter, Andreas P ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^a   Huether, Alexander ^a   Maaser, Kerstin ^a   Scherübl, Hans ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cetuximab; Chemoprevention; HMG CoA reductase; Insulin like growth factor receptor; Primary cell culture; Proliferation; Statins; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

AG 1024; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CETUXIMAB; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE; ERLOTINIB; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; TYRPHOSTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; QUINAZOLINES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 33644860817     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21512     Document Type: Article

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