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    Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2008 Nov;83(11):665-8.

    [Blepharitis related to Cetuximab treatment in an advanced colorectal cancer patient]

    [Article in Spanish]

    Ramírez-Soria MP, España-Gregori E, Aviñó-Martínez J, Pastor-Pascual F.

    Departamento de Optica, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España. piraso2001@yahoo.es

    CASE REPORT: A 52-year-old woman with advanced colorectal cancer was referred to us for treatment of Cetuximab-related ocular side-effects. DISCUSSION: Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody that specifically blocks epidermal growth factor receptor activity. It has recently been approved to treat some tumors such as metastatic colorectal cancer and some ORL cancers. Tolerance to it seems to be better than that to the classic chemotherapeutic agents. However it has several side-effects. Cetuximab-related eyelid toxicity has been recently described, though the pathogenesis has not yet been clearly established.

    PMID: 19006019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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