Skin manifestations of gefitinib and the association with survival of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shiou-Han Wang (Author), Chih-Hsin Yang (Author), Hsien-Ching Chiu (Author), Fu-Chang Hu (Author), Chih-Chieh Chan (Author), Yi-Hua Liao (Author), Hsiao-Chin Chen (Author), Chia-Yu Chu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor antagonists, such as gefitinib, erlotinib, and cetuximab, have been used in treating carcinomas. The efficacies have been proposed to correlate with skin reactions, but the most important predictive indicator is still unknown. Our aim was to investigate t...