Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose

From the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine (C.H.C., E.C., J.B., B.A.M.), the Department of Cancer Biology (C.H.C., R.J.S.), and the Department of Otolaryngology (R.J.S.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ (B.M., D.M.); Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA (Q.-T.L.); the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (M.M.); Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (S.M.S., J.H., T.A.E.P.-M.); ImClone Systems, Branchburg, NJ (Q.Z., D.J.H.); Channing Institute, Harvard University, Boston (D.G.); and Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Northwest Arkansas, Bentonville (T.H.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Platts-Mills at the Asthma and Allergic Disease Center, University of Virginia Medical School, Box 801355, Charlottesville, VA 22908, or at tap2z@ virginia.edu.