RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ischaemic stroke in a patient on sunitinib
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr0120091420
DO 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1420
VO 2010
A1 Maire Therese Lonergan
A1 Feargal Kellehar
A1 Raymond McDermott
A1 Ronan Collins
YR 2010
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.01.2009.1420.abstract
AB Concerns have been raised about possible theoretical risk of thrombosis and bleeding with sunitinib (anti-vascular endothelial cell growth factor agent) therapy used for treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. We present the first case of stroke in an older man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, on sunitinib therapy.