EGFR and HER2 inhibition in pancreatic cancer

Investigational New Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 558-566

  Walsh, Naomi ^a   Kennedy, Susan ^b   Larkin, Annemarie ^a   Corkery, Brendan ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Lorraine ^c   Clynes, Martin ^a   Crown, John ^a,b   O'Donovan, Norma ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EGFR; Erlotinib; HER2; Immunohistochemistry; Lapatinib; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

5' DEOXY 5' FLUOROURIDINE; CISPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERLOTINIB; FLOXURIDINE DERIVATIVE; GEMCITABINE; LAPATINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESISTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; QUINAZOLINES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879079379     PISSN: 01676997     EISSN: 15730646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10637-012-9891-x     Document Type: Article

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