Cetuximab: an epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody for the treatment of colorectal cancer

SF Wong - Clinical therapeutics, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Cetuximab is a recombinant human/mouse chimeric epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody. It was approved by the US Food and Drug …

Cetuximab for the treatment of colorectal cancer

DJ Jonker, CJ O'Callaghan, CS Karapetis… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Cetuximab, an IgG1 chimeric monoclonal antibody against epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR), has activity against colorectal cancers that express EGFR. Methods …

Phase II trial of cetuximab in patients with refractory colorectal cancer that expresses the epidermal growth factor receptor

LB Saltz, NJ Meropol, PJ Loehrer Sr… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the antitumor activity and toxicity of single-agent cetuximab in patients
with chemotherapy-refractory colorectal cancer whose tumors express the epidermal growth …

Cetuximab: in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

NA Reynolds, AJ Wagstaff - Drugs, 2004 - Springer
Abstract▴ Cetuximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody highly selective for the epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR), which is over-expressed by 25–80% of colorectal cancer …

Cetuximab, a chimeric human mouse anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody, in the treatment of human colorectal cancer

G Galizia, E Lieto, F De Vita, M Orditura, P Castellano… - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
The recent successful development of monoclonal antibodies that target key components of
biological pathways has expanded the armamentarium of treatment options for patients with …

Cetuximab shows activity in colorectal cancer patients with tumors that do not express the epidermal growth factor receptor by immunohistochemistry

KY Chung, J Shia, NE Kemeny, M Shah… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To establish evidence of activity, or lack thereof, of cetuximab-based therapy in
patients with refractory colorectal cancer with tumors that do not demonstrate epidermal …

Lack of usefulness of epidermal growth factor receptor expression determination for cetuximab therapy in patients with colorectal cancer

M Hebbar, A Wacrenier, C Desauw, O Romano… - Anti-cancer …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
In patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the use of cetuximab currently requires a
documented tumoral epidermal growth factor receptor positivity. Responses to cetuximab …

Cetuximab: a review of its use in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and metastatic colorectal cancer

SKA Blick, LJ Scott - Drugs, 2007 - Springer
Cetuximab (Erbitux®) is a human-mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody, which competitively
binds to the accessible extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) …

Multicenter phase II and translational study of cetuximab in metastatic colorectal carcinoma refractory to irinotecan, oxaliplatin, and fluoropyrimidines

HJ Lenz, E Van Cutsem, S Khambata-Ford… - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This multicenter study evaluated the antitumor activity of cetuximab, an
immunoglobulin G1 antibody directed at the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), in …

The biological properties of cetuximab

B Vincenzi, G Schiavon, M Silletta, D Santini… - Critical reviews in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Cetuximab is a recombinant chimeric human murine immunoglobulin G1 antibody that binds
to the extra-cellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor with a higher affinity than …