Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer

Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 14:40 in Health & Medicine

Houston - In an international Phase III randomised study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival for patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNET), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre...

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