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Comment
. 2009 Dec;6(12):679-80.
doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.170.

Targeted therapies: sunitinib in RCC-expanded access equals expanded benefit?

Toni K Choueiri  1 , Michael B Atkins
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Targeted therapies: sunitinib in RCC-expanded access equals expanded benefit?

Toni K Choueiri et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Sunitinib is a standard first-line therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. in an expanded-access study, sunitinib has demonstrated clinical benefit with an acceptable safety profile in a population of patients that is representative of those seen in clinical practice.

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