Definitions

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  • noun medicine A chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody that targets epidermal growth factor receptor.

Etymologies

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Ad hoc prefix + -tum- + -xi- + -mab

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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