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Comment
. 2017 Mar 13:7:31.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00031. eCollection 2017.

Commentary: Randomized Phase II Study of Duligotuzumab (MEHD7945A) vs. Cetuximab in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (MEHGAN Study)

Nabil F Saba  1
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Commentary: Randomized Phase II Study of Duligotuzumab (MEHD7945A) vs. Cetuximab in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (MEHGAN Study)

Nabil F Saba. Front Oncol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: EGFR; HER3 inhibitors; Nrg1; cetuximab; squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

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