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See Latest ArticlesFDA Approves Drug for an Advanced Form of Kidney Cancer
FDA Press Releases , 03/31/09
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor oral tablets for the treatment of patients with advanced kidney cancer whose disease has progressed after treatment with other cancer therapies. Renal cell cancer, the most common type of kidney cancer, originates in the lining of the small tubules in the kidney that filter waste products from the blood. The cancer is resistant to such standard treatments as radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and the initial treatment for most patients is surgical removal of the kidney. If the cancer is confined to the kidney, the five-year survival rate is 60 to 70 percent; but the survival rate is considerably lower after the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
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