Targeted treatments in colorectal cancer: State of the art and future perspectives

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Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 838-858

  Arnold, Dirk ^a   Seufferlein, Thomas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 5 (3 BENZYLOXYPHENYL) 7 [3 (1 PYRROLIDINYLMETHYL)CYCLOBUTYL] 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDINE; AMG 479; AMG 655; B RAF KINASE; BEVACIZUMAB; BMS 536924; CAPECITABINE; CEDIRANIB; CETUXIMAB; CP 751871; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IMC A 12; INSM 18; IRINOTECAN; KRN 951; MK 0646; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IMC A12; MOTESANIB; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PAZOPANIB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VATALANIB;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; BLEEDING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAPULOPUSTULAR RASH; PARONYCHIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENES, RAS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953725220     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.196006     Document Type: Review

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