March 12, 2008 — Hypersensitivity reactions to cetuximab (Erbitux) have been reported, and a significantly higher prevalence is found in the southeastern United States. In the March 13 issue of the ...

Completion and toxicity rates of adjuvant chemotherapy in rectal cancer patients previously treated with neoadjuvant therapy and resection. Background: Alongside disease progression or neurotoxicity, ...

Diagnosing contact sensitivity to an ICD can be challenging because many patients are first suspected of having an infection, due to cutaneous involvement primarily at or near the site of implantation ...

This study involved 3,708 patients with cancer, with an incidence of paclitaxel HSR of 10.11%. An 11-predictor–based Pac-HSR scoring system was developed, involving the following factors: younger age; ...

Carbamazepine causes various forms of hypersensitivity reactions, ranging from maculopapular exanthema to severe blistering reactions. The HLA-B*1502 allele has been shown to be strongly correlated ...

Hypersensitivity reactions to vaccines occur in 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 100,000 doses. Most are local reactions and allow for the completion of the vaccination series. Systemic reactions are a minority ...

We tested the hypothesis that BRCA1/2 mutation carriers with ovarian cancer are at higher risk of carboplatin hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs). Medical records of ...

Dapsone is used in the treatment of infections and inflammatory diseases. The dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome, which is associated with a reported mortality of 9.9%, develops in about 0.5 to 3.6% of ...