Sunitinib is a medicine which is given to treat certain cancers. It is usually prescribed after other treatments have been tried first, or if other treatments are not suitable. The type of cancers that it is taken for are kidney cancer that has progressed or spread into other areas of the body; a stomach and bowel cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST); and cancers which have spread from the pancreas.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/medicine/sunitinib-capsules-sutent