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Second-Line Panitumumab Enhances FOLFIRI in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Second-Line Panitumumab Enhances FOLFIRI in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
K Wachter
20100123
2010 Feb 23
Elsevier Global Medical News
Second-Line Panitumumab Enhances FOLFIRI in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Feb 23, K Wachter
ORLANDO (EGMN) - The monoclonal antibody panitumumab extended progression-free survival and overall survival, each by a median of 2 months, when added to second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in patients with wild-type KRAS tumors, investigators reported. Patients with KRAS mutations did not benefit from the addition of panitumumab (Vectibix) to a FOLFIRI regimen in the phase III trial, which enrolled more than 1,100 patients, Dr. Marc Peeters said at a meeting on gastrointestinal...