egfr inhibitor
Other names: anti-EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors, erbB-1, HER-1 What are EGFR inhibitors Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR, also known as ErbB-1 or HER-1) inhibitors are medicines that bind to certain parts of the EGFR and slow down or stop cell growth. EGFR is a protein that is found on the surface of some cells that causes cells to divide when epidermal growth factor binds to it.