COMBINED TREATMENT WITH RADIATION AND AN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR

摘要

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a medicament intended for treating tumors or tumor metastases in a patient, characterized in that a therapeutically effective amount of an EGFR kinase inhibitor and ionizing radiation is used, with or without additional agents or treatments, such as other anti-cancer drugs. A preferred example of an EGFR kinase inhibitor that can be used in practicing this invention is the compound erlotinib HCI (also known as Tarceva ^TM).