Evaluation of a novel rash scale and a serum proteomic predictor in a randomized phase II trial of sequential or concurrent cetuximab and pemetrexed in previously treated non-small cell lung cancer

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maitland, Michael L ^a   Levine, Matthew R ^a   Lacouture, Mario E ^a,b   Wroblewski, Kristen E ^a   Chung, Christine H ^c,d   Gordon, Ilyssa O ^a   Szeto, Livia ^a   Ratko, Gail ^e   Soltani, Keyoumars ^a   Kozloff, Mark F ^a,e   Hoffman, Philip C ^a   Salgia, Ravi ^a   Carbone, David P ^d   Karrison, Theodore G ^a   Vokes, Everett E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Ingalls Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetuximab; EGFR; Lung Cancer; Pemetrexed; Proteomics; Rash

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; PEMETREXED; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR INHIBITOR INDUCED RASH SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTION; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEOMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHICAGO; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; GUANINE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEOMICS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891550456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-5     Document Type: Article

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