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ReviewBMJ case reports2012

A rare but severe pulmonary side effect of cetuximab in two patients.

Yvonne Achermann, Thomas Frauenfelder, Stefan Obrist, Kathrin Zaugg, Natasha Corti, Huldrych F Günthard

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In one paragraph

Review in BMJ case reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Panitumumab-induced pulmonary toxicity.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2019
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  8. [Interstitial lung disease associated with lung cancer treatment].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yvonne AchermannDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. yvonne.achermann@gmail.com
Thomas Frauenfelder
Stefan Obrist
Kathrin Zaugg
Natasha Corti
Huldrych F Günthard
University Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody that treats malignant disease by inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor. Many common adverse events have been reported and include skin rashes, infusion reactions, gastrointestinal complaints and headache. Up to now, cetuximab-associated pulmonary toxicity has been rarely reported in the literature. The present report describes two cases with probable interstitial pneumonitis 5-6 weeks after commencing treatment with chemotherapy combined with cetuximab. One patient recovered and the second patient died due to gastrointestinal bleeding 3 weeks after an initial response to steroids.

Indexed as

AgedAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsCetuximabDrug HypersensitivityEsophageal NeoplasmsGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialMaleMiddle AgedPharyngeal NeoplasmsTonsillar NeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsCetuximab

Identifiers

PMID22843749
PMCPMC4560109
OpenAlexW1984119657

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Registered trials

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