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Definition for cetuximab
Cetuximab (IMC-C225 -- marketed under the name Erbitux ) is a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody , an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor , given by intravenous injection for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer.
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Cetuximab (IMC-C225 -- marketed under the name Erbitux ) is a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody , an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor , given by intravenous injection for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer. Cetuximab was discovered by ImClone Systems and is distributed in North America by ImClone and Bristol-Myers Squibb , while in the rest of the world distribution is by Merck KGaA .
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Cetuximab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cetuximab (IMC-C225 -- marketed under the name Erbitux) is a ... Cetuximab Beneficial in Head and Neck Cancer - National ... (cetuximab) Information ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetuximab
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Cetuximab
Drug details for Cetuximab. ... Cetuximab belongs to a group of drugs ... Cetuximab is used alone or in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to treat ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cetuximab
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MedlinePlus Drug Information: Cetuximab Injection
Cetuximab may cause severe or life-threatening reactions while you receive the medication. ... You will not be able to receive treatment with cetuximab in the future. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a607041.html
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cetuximab medical facts from Drugs.com
Physician reviewed cetuximab patient information - includes cetuximab description, dosage and directions. ... Cetuximab is a cancer medication that interferes ...
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/cetuximab.html
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Cetuximab - Yahoo! Health
Before receiving cetuximab, tell your doctor if you have heart rhythm problems, ... What is the most important information I should know about cetuximab? ...
http://health.yahoo.com/coloncancer-medications/cetuximab/he...
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Cetuximab - National Cancer Institute
This page contains brief information about cetuximab and a collection of links to more information from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Food and Drug ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cetuximab
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Erbitux (Cetuximab) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
Learn about the prescription medication Erbitux (Cetuximab), drug uses, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.
http://www.rxlist.com/erbitux-drug.htm
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Cetuximab: Drug Information Provided by Lexi-Comp: Merck Manual ...
In pregnant cynomolgus monkeys, cetuximab was detected in the ... It is not known whether cetuximab can cause fetal harm or affect reproductive capacity. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/cetuximab.html
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Cetuximab (Intravenous Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody. ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR601857/METHOD=print
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Cetuximab-Oregon Green 488 Cetuximab-OG
This searchable database includes, but is not limited to, in vivo molecular imaging and contrast agents for positron emission tomography (PET), single photon ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=micad.chapter.Cetuximab-OG
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Cetuximab - Definition of Cetuximab
Ultimately, Cetuximab interferes with the growth of these cells and causes them to die. ... Cetuximab targets a type of protein (EGFR) present on the surface ...
http://coloncancer.about.com/od/glossaries/g/Cetuximab.htm
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Review of cetuximab in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the ...
Cetuximab is a chimeric human- murin immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal ... The link between cetuximab and EGFR induces receptor dimerization, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2376084
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Colorectal cancer (first line) - cetuximab: appraisal consultation document
Cetuximab (Erbitux, Merck Serono) is a recombinant monoclonal antibody that ... One common adverse effect of cetuximab treatment is the development of skin ...
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=article&o=42073
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Drug Information for Cetuximab IV - WebMD
Find medical information for Cetuximab IV including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication uses, warnings, user ratings and reviews.
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-78630-Cetuximab+Intravenous....
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Erbitux (cetuximab) Information from Drugs.com
Erbitux (cetuximab) is used to treat cancers of the colon and rectum. ... You should not use this medication if you are allergic to cetuximab or to mouse protein. ...
http://www.drugs.com/erbitux.html
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Cetuximab Combo Confirmed Effective - National Cancer Institute
This large European study offers independent confirmation of earlier findings suggesting that cetuximab is effective against metastatic colorectal cancer and that ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cetuximab-combo-effective0603
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Cetuximab - Yahoo! Health
Cetuximab is an ... Cetuximab belongs to a group of drugs known as monoclonal ... Cetuximab is used alone or in combination with other chemotherapy ...
http://health.yahoo.com/coloncancer-medications/cetuximab/he...
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Chemotherapy, bevacizumab, and cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Patients treated with cetuximab who had tumors bearing a mutated KRAS gene had ... CONCLUSIONS: The addition of cetuximab to capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196673
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Adding a Cancer Drug May Make Matters Worse - Cancer Information ...
Information on many different cancers includes symptoms, cancer detection and ... Cetuximab inhibits the activity of another molecule, epidermal growth factor. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=97452&k=Cancer_Specialty
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Cetuximab treatment in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer and ...
Cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody directed against the epidermal growth factor ... Few data on the safety of cetuximab in patients with pre-existing chronic skin ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2528307
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Images of Cetuximab IV - WebMD
View pictures of Cetuximab IV including drug dosages and medical information and advice on prescription drugs, vitamins and over the counter medications.
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-78630-Cetuximab+IV.aspx?drug...
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Colon cancer: Treatments and drugs - MayoClinic.com
Colon cancer ? Comprehensive overview covers signs, symptoms and treatment ... The drugs bevacizumab (Avastin), cetuximab (Erbitux) and panitumumab (Vectibix) ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colon-cancer/DS00035/DSECTI...
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Definition of cetuximab - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
cetuximab (seh-TUK-sih-mab) ... It is also being studied in the treatment of ... Cetuximab binds to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which is found ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=45467
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Gordon H. Sato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For this work he was elected in 1984 to the United States National Academy ... based on inhibiting the epidermal growth factor receptor as Cetuximab (Erbitux) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_H._Sato
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Erbitux New Drug Application
Erbitux (cetuximab) is under review for the treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell ... About ERBITUX® (Cetuximab) Erbitux (cetuximab) is a monoclonal antibody ...
http://www.drugs.com/nda/erbitux_081208.html
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WHO Drug Information
Visual disturbances with COX-2 inhibitors. 215. Clopidogrel, haemorrhage and ... Cetuximab for metastatic colorectal cancer. 224. Tiotropium approved for bronchospasm ...
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/druginfo/18_3_2004.pdf
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Head and neck cancer - cetuximab
Cetuximab in combination with radiotherapy is recommended as a possible ... NICE issues guidance on the use of cetuximab for the treatment of head and neck cancer ...
http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA145
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Systematic review and economic evaluation of bevacizumab and cetuximab ...
For the assessment of cetuximab, trials were included if they recruited ... In order for cetuximab plus irinotecan to achieve a cost-utility ratio of pound ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17346499?ordinalpos=38&it...
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Drug Information for Erbitux IV - WebMD
Find medical information for Erbitux IV including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, ... Cetuximab works by slowing cancer cell growth. ...
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-78631-ERBITUX+Intravenous.as...
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FDA Accepts and Grants Priority Review of Erbitux (Cetuximab) sBLA for ...
Erbitux (cetuximab) is used for the treatment of Colorectal Cancer. ... Erbitux (Cetuximab), in combination with radiation therapy, is indicated for the ...
http://www.drugs.com/nda/fda-accepts-grants-priority-review-...
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Overview of current and future biologically based targeted therapies in ...
EGFR inhibition by cetuximab significantly reduced tumor repopulation during ... Concurrent cetuximab, cisplatin, and concomitant boost radiotherapy for ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2660327
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Cetuximab and Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - National Cancer Institute
... this trial hope that adding cetuximab (Erbitux®), a monoclonal antibody, to gemcitabine will ... Cetuximab binds to cancer cells and blocks a protein ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/ft-SWOG-S0205
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Cancer immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1.3 Cetuximab. 1.4 Gemtuzumab ozogamicin. 1.5 Rituximab. 1.6 Trastuzumab. 2 ... As a single agent, cetuximab showed a response rate of 10.8% in patients with ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_immunotherapy
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Randomized phase II trial of cetuximab, bevacizumab, and irinotecan ...
All patients were naïve to both bevacizumab and cetuximab. ... Patients in arm B received the same cetuximab and bevacizumab as those in arm A ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17876013?dopt=Abstract
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Erbitux May Help Some With Colorectal Cancer - Cancer Information ...
Information on many different cancers includes symptoms, cancer detection ... Cetuximab was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006 for use ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=99039
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Erbitux - Definition of Erbitux
Erbitux targets a type of protein present on the surface of colorectal ... Erbitux is the brand name for cetuximab, which targets a type of protein (EGFR) ...
http://coloncancer.about.com/od/glossaries/g/Erbitux.htm
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Combining Targeted Drugs Is Worse in Colon Cancer - National Cancer ...
A clinical trial testing chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab (Avastin) and cetuximab (Erbitux), and comparing this with chemotherapy and bevacizumab alone, found ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/results/combo-targeted0209
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CISplatin: Drug Information Provided by Lexi-Comp: Merck Manual ...
Cetuximab-Cisplatin-Fluorouracil. Cisplatin-Cetuximab ... Cetuximab-Cisplatin-Vinorelbine. Cisplatin-Etoposide (NSCLC) Cisplatin-Vinblastine (NSCLC) ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/cisplatin.html
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Head and neck cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Results Patients treated with cetuximab reduced their risk of dying by 20 ... Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer
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Cetuximab for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
BACKGROUND: Cetuximab, an IgG1 chimeric monoclonal antibody against epidermal ... CONCLUSIONS: Cetuximab improves overall survival and progression-free survival ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18003960
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Renal cell carcinoma and the use of sorafenib
For example, cetuximab and trastuzumab bind to the EGFR and HER-2/neu receptor ... cancers and the efficacy of cetuximab in the treatment of metastatic colorectal ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1661649
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Researchers Find Cause of Severe Allergic Reaction to Cancer Drug
Some patients given the drug cetuximab?an immune-based therapy commonly used to ... Because of the widespread use of cetuximab in cancer treatment, it may be useful ...
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2008/cancerdrugallergy.htm
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Colon Cancer Information - Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Coping ...
colon cancer diagnosis treatment radiation therapy chemotherapy surgery colon cancer prevention colon cancer ... (Avastin), Cetuximab (Erbitux), and ...
http://coloncancer.about.com/b/2007/09/22/overview-of-stage-3-colon-cancer.htm
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PMID 16467544
Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. ... Radiotherapy plus cetuximab significantly prolonged progression-free survival ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16467544
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Talk:Cetuximab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cetuximab versus Supplement IgG / IgG1, are they different at all? Cetuximab is worth 30K $ while if you get Immunoglobulin G of a reputable ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cetuximab
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Safety of AMG 706 Plus Panitumumab Plus Gemcitabine-Cisplatin in the ...
cetuximab. cisplatin. EMD. gemcitabine. interstitial pneumonitis. Lung Cancer. Myocardial infarction ... The purpose of this study is to characterize the ...
http://www.nextbio.com/b/search/individualtrial.nb?id=NCT00101907
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Orphan Drugs Approved by the FDA for Marketing in 2006
Article lists the orphan drugs approved by the FDA for marketing in the US ... Cetuximab targets EGFR in the cancer cells and interferes with the cell growth, ...
http://rarediseases.about.com/od/orphandrugs/a/orphandrugs2006.htm
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Gastrointestinal ulceration as a possible side effect of bevacizumab ...
... addition of weekly cetuximab (a chimaeric antibody against the epidermal growth ... of events was higher in the cetuximab treatment arm (ulcers: two versus ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2480515
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Head and Neck Cancer Trial Results - National Cancer Institute
Results of clinical trials concerning head and neck cancer ... Cetuximab (Erbitux®) Plus Chemo Extends Survival in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/head-and-neck-cancer-updates
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Researchers Find Cause of Severe Allergic Reaction to Cancer Drug ...
Because of the widespread use of cetuximab in cancer treatment, it may be useful ... Cetuximab is a partially humanized mouse monoclonal antibody, which means it is ...
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2008/niaid-12.htm
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