News brief: Dermatologic infections in cancer patients treated with EGFRI therapy

(Journal of the National Cancer Institute) Patients who experience dermatologic toxic effects from epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRIs) have a high prevalence of skin and nail infections, according to a new study published online Dec. 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

source : www.eurekalert.org

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Submited at Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 7:00 pm on Cancer and Oncology by ethan
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