Duffy
We are not doctors and you have to trust your doctors. As for those elusive references. The news article from OCF that I excerpted Dr Jimeno's comments was back in Oct 2011, here is the link
article with Erbitux excerpt There were two footnotes in Dr Jimeno's portion:
#17 re
HPV low EFGR #18 worse outcome
[quote]17. Kumar B, Cordell KG, Lee JS, et al. EGFR, p16,
HPV Titer, Bcl-xL and p53, sex, and smoking as indicators of response to therapy and survival in oropharyngeal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008;26:3128-37.
18. Koutcher L, Sherman E, Fury M, et al. Concurrent cisplatin and radiation versus cetuximab and radiation for locally advanced head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print][/quote]
Like Maria says, Dr. Gillison is top notch and if she is behind a clinical trial, I would not question it.
Charm
