Talk:Epidermal growth factor receptor

Where?
Where is EGFR located. I see several locations.


 * It's located in all epidermal (=skin-like) cells. At least in the human being, don't know for other species.

Y845
This (unreferenced) change made the text incompatible with the figure. How to handle this? AndrewGNF 17:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

move some content to new EGFR_inhibitor article
Suggest we move most of the Clinical applications section into a new article EGFR_inhibitor (currently a redirect to EGFR). Any objections ? Rod57 (talk) 05:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No objections so I may do it soon. Rod57 (talk) 20:25, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
I received an abnormal reading on an eGFR blood test, and of course, Googled it. The top listing was the one for this page (Epidermal Growth Factor). Upon further examination, I see that there is a Disambiguation page for "EGFR". I'm wondering if it's standard (or acceptable) policy to provide a small "redirector" at the top of an article like this? (e.g. "If you're looking for information on eGFR relating to a blood test, you might want to look here ". Please advise, or if it's acceptable, please feel free to implement it (I haven't authored or changed much on Wiki.) Geebee2K (talk) 20:16, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Someone has done it (a hatnote), although since there is the disambiguation page I'm not sure it was needed. - Rod57 (talk) 06:15, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

EGFR1
Some sources use the designation EGFR1. Is this an alternative name or a subtype? --Eleassar my talk 19:37, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a subtype. As far as I know there's also an EGFR-2, blocked in example in the treatment of breast cancer. Most tumors in woman are either EGFR-1 or EGFR-2 sensitive. Therefore the receptor status will be tested in most western countries so they can be treated with the correct inhibitor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8166UY (talk • contribs) 13:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)