The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1276
ISSUE1276
December 17, 2007
Temsirolimus (Torisel) for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Temsirolimus (Torisel) for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
December 17, 2007 (Issue: 1276)
Temsirolimus (Torisel - Wyeth), an mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) kinase inhibitor that is metabolized to sirolimus (rapamycin), has been approved by the FDA for intravenous treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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