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Can cetuximab affect paraneoplastic myopathy?

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JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Volume 93, Issue 3, Pages 437-438

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9795-6

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Paraneoplastic myopathy; Cetuximab; Epidermal growth factor

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Cetuximab given concurrently with chemotherapy has shown survival benefit for patients with metastatic colon cancer. We report a case of a patient with metastatic colon cancer who developed paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy that possibly responded to cetuximab despite lack of improvement of the underlying cancer.

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