The prescription drug
SUTENT® (
sunitinib) is used to treat various types of cancer, including
pancreatic cancer. In particular, this chemotherapy medication is approved for treating pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET), which are found in certain tissues of the
pancreas where hormones are produced. PNET is also sometimes called
pancreatic islet cell cancer.
SUTENT is approved to treat PNET that has spread just beyond the pancreas (is "locally advanced") or to other areas of the body (is "metastatic") and cannot be treated with surgery.
(For more details about this treatment for pancreatic cancer, click SUTENT Uses. This article also explains how the drug works and lists some of its off-label uses.)
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