作者: Vy Tuong Broadbridge , Cristos S Karapetis , Timothy Jay Price
DOI: 10.1586/ERA.12.25
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摘要: Management of metastatic colorectal cancer has evolved in the last 10 years, with availability targeted therapies resulting improvement quality life and overall survival. Cetuximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that binds to EGF receptor, net effects are inhibition tumor growth, invasion, angiogenesis metastasis. binding receptor also known augment chemotherapy radiotherapy. Only tumors expressing wild-type KRAS respond cetuximab improvements progression-free survival seen, whereas patients mutant considered be resistant. currently available worldwide for use as monotherapy or combination first-, second- third-line settings KRAS.