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FDA Approves Inlyta to treat patients who suffer from a type of advanced kidney cancer


U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Inlyta (axitinib)for the treatment of patients with advanced kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) and those who did not respond to another drug for this type of cancer.

Renal cell carcinoma is a type of kidney cancer that starts in the lining of very small tubes in the kidneys. Inlyta works by blockingcertain proteins called kinases that play a role in tumor growth andcancer progression. Inlyta is a pill that patients take twice a day.
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  1. Canadian Pharmacy-Adv-Care4 July 2016 at 00:58

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  2. Canadian Pharmacy-Adv-Care4 July 2016 at 01:13

    Inlyta is used to treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, called metastatic renal cell carcinoma, after other treatments have been tried. Inlyta's common name is Axitinib. Axitinib belongs to the group of cancer-fighting medications known as antineoplastics and more specifically to a class of medications called tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These medications disrupt cell communication to slow the growth of blood vessels that feed nutrients to cancer cells. By slowing the growth of these blood vessels, axitinib can help reduce the size of tumours, which are collections of cancer cells. Now these medications are available online.

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