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Is overexpression of HER-2 a predictor of prognosis in colorectal cancer?

Dara O Kavanagh email, Gillian Chambers email, Liam O' Grady email, Kevin M Barry email, Ronan P Waldron email, Fadel Bennani email, Paul W Eustace email and Iqdam Tobbia email

BMC Cancer 2009, 9:1doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-1

Targeting EGFR, HER2 and VEGF

Michael Hölling   (23 January 2009)  Roche Pharma AG email

Dear Sir,<br><br>my first comment is just a technical one, as for the time being the provisional pdf of the article is not accessible.<br><br>Secondly, in the abstract the monoclonal antibody (MAB)Bevacizumab is erroneously described as targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), while in fact it targets the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (but not its receptor). The MAB targeting the EGFR is named Cetuximab.<br><br>Yours faithfully<br>Michael Hölling

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