Promising newer molecular-targeted therapies in head and neck cancer

Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1609-1619

  Wang, Lili X ^a   Agulnik, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cediranib, therapeutic use; Cetuximab, therapeutic use; Erlotinib, therapeutic use; Gefitinib, therapeutic use; Head and neck cancer, treatment; Lapatinib, therapeutic use; Panitumumab, therapeutic use; Research and development; Semaxanib, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; GEFITINIB; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; LAPATINIB; MATUZUMAB; NIMOTUZUMAB; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SEMAXANIB; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RASH; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TOXICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZENESULFONATES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES; QUINAZOLINES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 49149087647     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 00126667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200868120-00001     Document Type: Review

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