Welireg is a medication used to treat certain cancers. Specifically, it's prescribed for adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer) and for adults who have specific cancers associated with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease that don't require immediate surgery. These VHL-associated cancers include renal cell carcinoma, central nervous system hemangioblastoma (a type of blood vessel tumor in the brain or spinal cord), and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pancreatic NET).
In simpler terms:
- What it treats: Advanced kidney cancer and certain cancers linked to von Hippel-Lindau disease.
- Types of VHL-related cancers it treats: Kidney cancer, brain/spinal cord blood vessel tumors (hemangioblastomas), and pancreatic tumors.
- Specific condition for VHL-related cancers: That do not need immediate surgery.
