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SUNItinib

( soo-NIT-in-ib )
Funding:
Exceptional Access Program
  • SUNItinib - Unresectable or metastatic/recurrent Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour, with specific criteria
  • SUNItinib - Metastatic renal cell carcinoma, with specific criteria
  • SUNItinib - For patients who have progressive, unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNET), according to specific criteria
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Other Name(s): Sutent®
Appearance: capsule In various strengths and colours

Drug Monograph

Oct 2020
Table of Contents

Patient Info Sheet

May 2018

What it is used for

• For treating some types of kidney cancer, as well as gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) - a rare cancer usually affecting the stomach or intestines, and a rare type of pancreas cancer.



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