patritumab

English

Etymology

From -tu- (“tumor”) +‎ -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

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Noun

patritumab (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer
   • 2015 November 17, “Combined Analysis of Plasma Amphiregulin and Heregulin Predicts Response to Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     For example, it has been demonstrated that cells overexpressing heregulin are sensitive to a combination of cetuximab and patritumab, an antibody against HER3, even though each antibody on its own is ineffective [18 ].