Nimotuzumab: A novel anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody that retains anti-EGFR activity while minimizing skin toxicity

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1199-1206

  Boland, William Kells ^b   Bebb, Gwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acneiform rash; EGFR; h r3; Monoclonal antibody; Nimotuzumab; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IRINOTECAN; MATUZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIMOTUZUMAB; PANITUMUMAB; PLACEBO; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZALUTUMUMAB;

ACNE; ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SKIN;

MURINAE;

EID: 68949146819     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712590903110709     Document Type: Review

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