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FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer


FDA approves new treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer
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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