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- noun medicine A
chimeric (mouse/human)monoclonal antibody that targetsepidermal growth factor receptor .
Etymologies
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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A subset of bowel cancer patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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It is already known that in some bowel cancers the K-Ras gene is faulty, leaving the switch permanently 'on'. patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances** benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center who've discovered unprecedented success treating it with an anticancer drug called cetuximab, marketed under the name Erbitux.
Nashville Scene 2010
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A subset of bowel cancer patients who have a normally functioning K-Ras 'switch' might in some circumstances benefit from new cancer drugs called cetuximab and panitumumab.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Among these is an antibody called cetuximab, which attaches to a protein molecule that is found in large amounts on the surface of many types of cancer cells.
Medindia Health News 2009
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