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  • noun A drug used to treat certain cancers.

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Examples

  • Treatments with Tarceva, also know under its generic name erlotinib, can cost between $30,000 to $60,000 a year.

    Roche Fails in U.K. Drug Appeal Goran Mijuk 2011

  • Treatments with Tarceva, also know under its generic name erlotinib, can cost between $30,000 to $60,000 a year.

    Roche Fails in U.K. Drug Appeal Goran Mijuk 2011

  • In AVEO's proprietary tumor models with elevated HGF/c-MET signaling, ficlatuzumab exhibited strong additive anti-tumor effect when given in combination with other approved anti-cancer agents such as erlotinib Tarceva

    unknown title 2011

  • Data from preclinical and Phase 1 studies of ficlatuzumab demonstrate a well-tolerated profile and good combinability with EGFR inhibitors, such as erlotinib and gefitinib, and we look forward to continuing to advance ficlatuzumab in the clinic.

    unknown title 2011

  • "It also presents the rest of the world with a need for information that identifies patients for whom the amount of benefit of therapies such as erlotinib can support a valid argument for their use."

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • "It also presents the rest of the world with a need for information that identifies patients for whom the amount of benefit of therapies such as erlotinib can support a valid argument for their use."

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • By blocking this receptor, drugs such as erlotinib aim to slow tumour growth and proliferation.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific genetic mutations can achieve significantly longer survival when treated with targeted therapies such as erlotinib, Spanish researchers report.

    innovations-report 2008

  • Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific genetic mutations can achieve significantly longer survival when treated with targeted therapies such as erlotinib, Spanish researchers report.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific genetic mutations can achieve significantly longer survival when treated with targeted therapies such as erlotinib, Spanish researchers report.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

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