SUTENT Reviews (SUNITINIB MALATE)

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SUTENT  (SUNITINIB MALATE):  This medication is used to treat certain types of cancer (kidney, pancreas, and intestinal). It is also used to treat people who are at high risk of the kidney cancer coming back again after having kidney surgery. Sunitinib works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer tumors. It also works by slowing the growth of new blood vessels within the tumor.   FDA Approval Date: 2006-01-26 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR SUTENTCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE		DATE ADDED
 
 5  kidney cancer High blood pressure, anxiety, mouth and nose sores, reflux, insomnia, fatigue, nerve pain (hands), gray hair Continues to keep me free from tumors. I had a life expectancy of five months and have managed to get through 39. My most recent scans show that I am stable. M 50 3 years
50 mg 1X day		 10/25/2010
  

SUTENT  (SUNITINIB MALATE):  This medication is used to treat certain types of cancer (kidney, pancreas, and intestinal). It is also used to treat people who are at high risk of the kidney cancer coming back again after having kidney surgery. Sunitinib works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer tumors. It also works by slowing the growth of new blood vessels within the tumor.   FDA Approval Date: 2006-01-26 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

     

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