Role of cetuximab in first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4208-4219

  Sotelo, Miguel Jhonatan ^a   García Paredes, Beatriz ^a   Aguado, Carlos ^a   Sastre, Javier ^a   Díaz Rubio, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetuximab; Colorectal liver metastases; Elderly patients; First line; Metastatic colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAPECITABINE PLUS OXALIPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLFOX; FOLFOX4; FOLFOX6; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAMPTOTHECIN; KRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIGAND; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ONCOPROTEIN; PLATINUM COMPLEX; RAS PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; ONCOGENE K RAS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MUTATION; SECONDARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIGANDS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84898926844     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i15.4208     Document Type: Article

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