Prescriber's Corner
Pazopanib: Approval for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
Diana T. Nguyen, PharmD, and Sepideh Shayahi, PharmD, BCOP
From City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Correspondence to: Diana T. Nguyen, PharmD, City of Hope Medical Center, Helford Hospital, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010. E-mail: diananguyen@coh.org
J Adv Pract Oncol 2012;4:53–57 |
DOI: 10.6004/jadpro.2013.4.1.6 |
© 2013 Harborside Press®
ABSTRACT
Pazopanib (Votrient), an oral, multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor that was previously approved by the FDA for advanced renal cell carcinoma, recently gained FDA approval for select patients with soft-tissue sarcoma as well. Learn more about this agent, including the studies that led to its approval, its adverse event profile, and other implications for the AP in oncology.
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