DERMATOLOGICAL REACTIONS CAUSED BY ANTITUMOR DRUGS — EGFR INHIBITORS

Abstract

Published data on modern antitumor drugs, acting as epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors, are pre sented. Their inevitable side effects — skin toxicity — are explained by their nature. Therapeutic approaches to management of these reactions are discussed and a clinical case is presented.

Keywords

epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors / skin toxicity

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