The FDA first approved Stivarga in September 2012 to treat colorectal cancer patients who don’t respond to initial treatments. Now, the drug can also be used as a second-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.
Stivarga’s expanded approval marks the first new treatment for liver cancer in nearly a decade, according to the FDA.
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