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===Cetuximab===
===Cetuximab===
[[Cetuximab]] chimeric recombinant monoclonal [[antibody]] that blocks [[epidermal growth factor receptor]] (EGFR).<ref name="pmid18784104">{{cite journal| author=Haddad RI, Shin DM| title=Recent advances in head and neck cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2008 | volume= 359 | issue= 11 | pages= 1143-54 | pmid=18784104  
[[Cetuximab]] chimeric recombinant monoclonal [[antibody]] that blocks [[epidermal growth factor receptor]] (EGFR).<ref name="pmid18784104">{{cite journal| author=Haddad RI, Shin DM| title=Recent advances in head and neck cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2008 | volume= 359 | issue= 11 | pages= 1143-54 | pmid=18784104  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18784104 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra0707975 }} </ref>In the major [[randomized control trial]], the percentage of cells that are EGFR positive did not seen to predict the response to cetuximab.<ref name="pmid18784101">{{cite journal| author=Vermorken JB, Mesia R, Rivera F, Remenar E, Kawecki A, Rottey S et al.| title=Platinum-based chemotherapy plus cetuximab in head and neck cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2008 | volume= 359 | issue= 11 | pages= 1116-27 | pmid=18784101  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18784104 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra0707975 }} </ref>In the major [[randomized controlled trial]], the percentage of cells that are EGFR positive did not seen to predict the response to cetuximab.<ref name="pmid18784101">{{cite journal| author=Vermorken JB, Mesia R, Rivera F, Remenar E, Kawecki A, Rottey S et al.| title=Platinum-based chemotherapy plus cetuximab in head and neck cancer. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2008 | volume= 359 | issue= 11 | pages= 1116-27 | pmid=18784101  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18784101 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0802656 }} </ref>
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18784101 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0802656 }} </ref>


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Revision as of 12:36, 31 May 2010

Cause / etiology

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer.[1]

Treatment

Head and Neck Cancer treatment information from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query


Salivary Gland Cancer treatment information from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query


Cetuximab

Cetuximab chimeric recombinant monoclonal antibody that blocks epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).[1]In the major randomized controlled trial, the percentage of cells that are EGFR positive did not seen to predict the response to cetuximab.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haddad RI, Shin DM (2008). "Recent advances in head and neck cancer.". N Engl J Med 359 (11): 1143-54. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra0707975. PMID 18784104. Research Blogging.
  2. Vermorken JB, Mesia R, Rivera F, Remenar E, Kawecki A, Rottey S et al. (2008). "Platinum-based chemotherapy plus cetuximab in head and neck cancer.". N Engl J Med 359 (11): 1116-27. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0802656. PMID 18784101. Research Blogging.