Sunitinib WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Sunitinib
Sunitinib (marketed as Sutent, and previously known as SU11248) is an oral, small-molecule, multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor that was approved by the FDA for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) on January 26, 2006. Sunitinib was the first cancer drug simultaneously approved for two different indications. Sunitinib has become the standard of care for both of these cancers, and is currently being studied for the treatment of many others...read more at Wikipedia.
Fast Facts:
- May cause heart problems, increase blood pressure, lead to gastrointestinal problems, and harm an unborn baby.
- Works by blocking the action of abnormal proteins that cause cancer cells to multiply.
- Common side effects include: extreme fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, hair loss and constipation.
- Do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while using sunitinib.
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Latest Headlines on Sunitinib
What is Sunitinib?
- DrugDigest: Sunitinib Capsules: What Are Sunitinib Oral Capsules?
- National Cancer Institute: NCI Drug Dictionary: Sunitinib Malate
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Sunitinib Malate (Oral Route): Description
- Cancerbackup: Sunitinib (Sutent): What Is Sunitinib?
What are the Uses for Sunitinib?
- American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) (via MedlinePlus): Sunitinib: Why is This Medication Prescribed?
- UpToDate: Patient Information: Renal Cell Cancer: Sunitinib
- First DataBank (via WebMD): Drugs and Treatments - Sunitinib Oral: Sunitinib Oral Uses
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Sunitinib?
- DrugDigest: Sunitinib Capsules: What Side Effects May I Notice From Receiving Sunitinib? | What Drug(s) May Interact With Sunitinib? | What Should I Watch for While Taking Sunitinib?
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Sunitinib: What Side Effects Can This Medication Cause? | What Special Precautions Should I Follow?
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Sunitinib Malate (Oral Route): Side Effects | Precautions
What are the Alternatives to Sunitinib?
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Sunitinib?
- Mayo Clinic: Kidney Cancer: Alternative Medicine | Coping and Support
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Complementary & Alternative Kidney Cancer Treatment Options
- American Cancer Society (ACS): Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Sunitinib
- ACS: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog: Making Trial Results Public: We Need to Do Better
- CancerCompass: Sutent Discussion
- Yahoo Answers: Has Anyone Had Any Success with The Drug Sunitinib for Thyroid Cancer?
- HealthBoards: Update: My Father Was Just Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer... RCC Renal Cell Carcinoma
Clinical Trials for Sunitinib
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Sunitinib Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials of Sunitinib
Abuse of Sunitinib
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Sunitinib: In Case of Emergency/Overdose
- Cerner Multum (via Drugs.com): Sunitinib: What Happens If I Overdose?
- RxList: Sutent: Overdose
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Sunitinib
- PubMed Central: Sunitinib Article Listing
- Google Scholar: List of Sunitinib Articles
- JAMA: Archive of Sunitinib Articles
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: SU11248, Sunitnib, Sunitnib, Use of Sunitinib, Sunitinib Uses, Sunitinib Side Effects, Side Effects of Sunitinib, Sunitinib Chemotherapy
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
