作者: John Marshall
DOI: 10.1002/CNCR.22133
关键词: Pancreatic cancer 、 Medicine 、 Colorectal cancer 、 Cancer research 、 Erlotinib 、 Epidermal growth factor receptor 、 Gefitinib 、 Pharmacology 、 Drug 、 Growth factor receptor 、 Cetuximab 、 Oncology
摘要: Novel therapeutic agents that target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) constitute an important addition to armamentarium for treatment of metastatic disease. EGFR-targeted currently approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration include cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody colorectal cancer; small-molecule EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) erlotinib nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) pancreatic cancer. Approval TKI gefitinib NSCLC recently was withdrawn. Although both classes anti-EGFR same receptor, substantial distinctions regarding their mechanism significantly affect dosing requirements, toxicity profiles, use as combination agents.