[Skin manifestations of new targeted treatments]

Rev Med Interne. 2012 May;33(5):273-8. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2012.01.013. Epub 2012 Mar 3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Many cutaneous adverse events have been identified with recently developed targeted treatments. Some of them are common and specific, like paradoxical psoriasiform eruptions with anti-TNFα, papulopustular eruptions and paronychias with EGFR inhibitors and peculiar hand-foot skin reactions with multitargeted kinase inhibitors sorefenib and sunitinib. Patients treated with these recently available biologics need a careful monitoring.

MeSH terms

  • Drug Eruptions / etiology*
  • ErbB Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Humans
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases