Targeting EGFR and HER-2 with cetuximab- and trastuzumab-mediated immunotherapy in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-501

  Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Kono, K ^a   Mimura, K ^a   Mitsui, F ^a   Sugai, H ^a   Akaike, H ^a   Fujii, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cetuximab; EGFR; HER 2; Oesophageal cancer; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CETUXIMAB; CHROMIUM 51; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 34547866682     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603885     Document Type: Article

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