Molecularly targeted therapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer: A review of the ErbB family inhibitors

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 1927-1943

  Sacco, Assuntina G ^a   Worden, Francis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; Head and neck cancer; Monoclonal antibody; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DACOMITINIB; DOCETAXEL; DULIGOTUZUMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; FUTUXIMAB; GEFITINIB; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; NIMOTUZUMAB; PANITUMUMAB; VANDETANIB; ZALUTUMUMAB;

ACNE; ANEMIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ANOREXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE TOXICITY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OPEN STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84962767573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S93720     Document Type: Review

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