Afinitor Everolimus Tablets

Afinitor is a brand-name prescription medication that's used to treat certain types of cancers, tumors, and seizures. It contains the drug everolimus. Afinitor is a type of drug called a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor. mTORs are targeted therapies that work by “targeting” and attacking cancer cells.

Everolimus is approved to treat: Breast cancer. It is used in combination with exemestane in postmenopausal women with advanced hormone receptor–positive (HR+) breast cancer that is also HER2 negative (HER2-) and has not gotten better after treatment with letrozole or anastrozole.