Experimental targeted therapy may be better for repeat kidney cancer patients than FDA-approved counterpart, study finds

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City of Hope researchers found kidney cancer patients who had already tried two or three different treatments had improved chances of preventing cancer progression with an experimental drug, Fotivda (tivozanib), compared to an alternative approved by FDA.

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