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Cetuximab and anemia prevention in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation is associated with increased production of interleukin 6 (IL6), which is intensified by radiotherapy (RT) induced inflammatory response. Elevated IL6 levels intensifies RT-induced anemia by upregulating hepcidin causing functional iron d...

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Autores principales: Maahs, Lucas, Ghanem, Ahmed I., Gutta, Radhika, Tang, Amy, Arya, Swarn, Al Saheli, Zaid, Ali, Haythem, Chang, Steven, Tam, Samantha, Wu, Vivian, Siddiqui, Farzan, Sheqwara, Jawad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9175328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35672745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09708-9