Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on September 21, 2005
Annals of Oncology 2006 17(3):527-528; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdj014
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© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Lack of response of cetuximab plus oxaliplatin in advanced colorectal cancer patients resistant to both oxaliplatin and cetuximab plus irinotecan
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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the USA, with
145 000 new cases expected in 2005 [1
]. New agents have significantly increased the median overall survival in patients with advanced colorectal cancer and survival times of 21 months have been reported in randomized trials with 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan and oxaliplatin [2
]; moreover, the promising initial results of targeted therapy will
Medical Oncology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Emilio Longoni, 69, 00155 Rome, Italy
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