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Sutent

Sunitinib malate belongs to the group of medicines known as antineoplastics. It is used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) when the medicine imatinib mesylate did not stop the cancer from growing or when the patient cannot take imatinib mesylate. GIST is a group of cancer cells that start g... continue

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Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Renal Cell Carcinoma (K...
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71%
Lung Cancer
1
0%
Trigeminal Neuralgia
1
100%
Overall, 71% (69 Members) find Sutent helpful
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Discontinued after 2 cycles. Had no effect
After only 14 pills of Sutent, my husband almost died from the extreme side effects. Apparently, he got all of the rarest effects.
I took Sutent for 4 months. the tumors did not shrink and theside effects were getting bad. Very high blood pressure, fatigue,weekness in legs, sores inside nose
Sutent did not work on my nodules on my right kidney and tumor on my psosas muscle (hip) they did not shrink. They have grown thus the switch to Nexavar a Pray it works.
Cancer had spread to fast, metastasized. had also did ra
Didn't work and almost killed my dad.
Was on it for one month and her brain tumor bled and she went into a coma and needed emergeny surgery.
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Discussions

  1. Advice: What to do with unused Nexavar
    We gave our unused Sutent to the oncologist, who gave it to one of the patients having trouble paying for the drug. You might ask about that. [More]
  2. Advice: Side effects of Votrient
    I am on Sutent not Votrient so not sure if it is the same but I go through blood work after every cycle during every off cycle and a scan every other ... [More]
  3. Discussion: Votrient side effects
    Hi All, I have been on Sutent for three years now I have brain and Lumbar spine Mets. All have remained stable thankfully but no shrinkage. I will b... [More]
  4. Discussion: New to Group
    I am being treated for RCC at the MAYO clinic and they tell me that RCC is resistent to radiation and normal chemo. You will see the great majority of... [More]
  5. Discussion: Do people survive stage 4 with liver mets?
    I was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in march I did 2 cycles of sutent then had surgery and back on sutent a month later, Everything that is lef... [More]