WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval of a Bayer cancer pill to treat tumors of the intestinal tract that don't respond to other treatments.
The drug is called Stivarga and regulators approved it to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors that cannot be surgically removed and no longer respond to other FDA-approved drugs.
The FDA previously approved Stivarga to treat colorectal cancer. It works by blocking several enzymes that promote cancer growth.
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