FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer

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Title: FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer

FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer
Fri, 06 May 2011 08:31:00 -0500

On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor (everolimus) to treat patients with progressive neuroendocrine tumors located in the pancreas (PNET) that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).

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