The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1255
February 26, 2007
Two New Drugs for Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Two New Drugs for Renal Cell Carcinoma
February 26, 2007 (Issue: 1255)
Sunitinib (Sutent - Pfizer) and sorafenib (Nexavar - Bayer), two oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors, have been approved by the FDA for treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Sunitinib is also approved for use in patients with gastrointestinal...more
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