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JA Bonner has acted as a consultant for and has received speakers' bureau honoraria from the following companies: Bristol-Myers Squibb and ImClone Systems. KS Keene declared no competing interests.
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Bonner, J., Keene, K. Is cetuximab active in patients with cisplatin-refractory squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 4, 690–691 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0962
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