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- noun An
oral small molecule drug used in thetreatment of renal cellcarcinoma andimatinib -resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumour .
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The drugmaker has also been testing Sutent, also called sunitinib, in the treatment of cancers of the lung, colon, liver and prostate.
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Research published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology compared the life expectancy of patients on sunitinib, which is marketed as Sutent, and interferon-alpha.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The drugmaker has been testing Sutent, also called sunitinib, in the treatment of cancers of the lung, colon, liver and prostate.
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"The research from Dr. Teh's (VARI) group is a critical step forward in understanding the mechanisms of response and resistance to the new standard of care therapies in renal cell carcinoma such as sunitinib," said Brian Rini, MD, Solid Tumor Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Mr Stone, 62, was diagnosed with renal cancer in 2007 but has been unable to get drugs that could prolong his life such as sunitinib - marketed as Sutent by Pfizer - on the NHS.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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(Sources: National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society) "The research from Dr. Teh's (VARI) group is a critical step forward in understanding the mechanisms of response and resistance to the new standard of care therapies in renal cell carcinoma such as sunitinib," said Brian Rini, MD, Solid Tumor Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.
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(Sources: National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society) "The research from Dr. Teh's (VARI) group is a critical step forward in understanding the mechanisms of response and resistance to the new standard of care therapies in renal cell carcinoma such as sunitinib," said Brian Rini, MD, Solid Tumor Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute.
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"With the dawn of new life-extending treatments such as sunitinib, we are now able to give patients with this difficult-to-treat cancer more hope for the future."
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One of these studies, which was published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, looked at how cancer cells themselves, respond to anti-angiogenesis like Avastin and sunitinib Sutent.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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One of these studies, which was published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, looked at how cancer cells themselves, respond to anti-angiogenesis like Avastin and sunitinib Sutent.
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
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