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Kidney Cancer

FDA approves Sutent for advanced kidney cancer

October 02, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Sutent for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, an advanced type of kidney cancer. Sutent was given advance approval in 2006 based on ongoing clinical trials. In the study, patients who took Sutent more than doubled their progression-free survival. Read more »

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Health Care Reform: The Arrogance of the Healthy
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Health Guide

Renal cell carcinoma
......dialysis. References US Food and Drug Administration. FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Kidney Cancer. Rockville, MD: National Press Office; December 20, 2005. Press Release... Read more »
Cancer's Unrecognized Toll: Patients' Time
...first year after diagnosis with ovarian cancer; 272 hours being treated for lung cancer, 193 hours for kidney cancer. Medical News Today reports: Burden Of US Cancer Care Is Billions When You Add... Read more »
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma isa type of kidney cancer.The cancerous cells are found in the lining of very small tubes (tubules) in the kidney. Itis the most common type of kidney cancer... Read more »
Kidney disease
...disease Goodpasture's syndrome Interstitial nephritis Kidney cancer Kidney damage Kidney infection ... Read more »
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cancer; Kidney cancer; Hypernephroma; Adenocarcinoma of renal cells; Cancer - kidney Treatment Surgical removal of all or part of the kidney... Read more »

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