Cetuximab in the first-line treatment of K-ras wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer: The choice and schedule of fluoropyrimidine matters

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-238

  Ku, Geoffrey Y ^a,b   Haaland, Benjamin A ^c   De Lima Lopes, Gilberto ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins Singapore   (Singapore)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cetuximab; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Fluoropyrimidine; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; K RAS PROTEIN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; K RAS GENE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84866529371     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-012-1898-7     Document Type: Article

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