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. 2012 Jan 22;18(2):221-3.
doi: 10.1038/nm.2609.

Identification of a mutation in the extracellular domain of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor conferring cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer

Clara Montagut  1 , Alba Dalmases, Beatriz Bellosillo, Marta Crespo, Silvia Pairet, Mar Iglesias, Marta Salido, Manuel Gallen, Scot Marsters, Siao Ping Tsai, André Minoche, Somasekar Seshagiri, Sergi Serrano, Heinz Himmelbauer, Joaquim Bellmunt, Ana Rovira, Jeff Settleman, Francesc Bosch, Joan Albanell
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Identification of a mutation in the extracellular domain of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor conferring cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer

Clara Montagut et al. Nat Med. .

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  • Nat Med. 2012 Sep;18(9):1445. Somasekar, Seshagiri [corrected to Seshagiri, Somasekar]

Abstract

Antibodies against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)--cetuximab and panitumumab--are widely used to treat colorectal cancer. Unfortunately, patients eventually develop resistance to these agents. We describe an acquired EGFR ectodomain mutation (S492R) that prevents cetuximab binding and confers resistance to cetuximab. Cells with this mutation, however, retain binding to and are growth inhibited by panitumumab. Two of ten subjects studied here with disease progression after cetuximab treatment acquired this mutation. A subject with cetuximab resistance harboring the S492R mutation responded to treatment with panitumumab.

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