ReviewTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2020
Chemo-immunotherapy as first-line treatment for small-cell lung cancer.
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- Ferroptosis as a Translational Axis in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review of Redox Pathways and Precision Oncology Prospects.Oncology research · 2026Pooled it
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- Thoracic Radiation on Survival in Patients with Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Chemoimmunotherapy.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of immunotherapy plus chemotherapy in advanced or metastatic pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The future of cancer treatment: combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Review
- Combination of chemotherapy and immune checkpoint therapy by the immunoconjugates-based nanocomplexes synergistically improves therapeutic efficacy in SCLC.Drug delivery · 2022Article
- The Prognostic Value of GNG7 in Colorectal Cancer and Its Relationship With Immune Infiltration.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Is there any room for PD-1 inhibitors in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy as frontline treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis with indirect comparisons among subgroups and landmark survival analyses.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2021Article
- Adebrelimab Combined with Chemotherapy for Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Case Report.Case reports in gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly lethal subtype of lung cancer. Despite concerted efforts over the past several decades, there have been limited therapeutic advances. Traditional chemotherapy offers a high response rate and rapid symptomatic improvement, but its benefit is fleeting, and relapse is quick and unforgiving. Immunotherapy has delivered improved outcomes for patients with many cancers and there was compelling rationale for development in SCLC. While initial efforts with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein-4 inhibitors failed to improve upon chemotherapy alone, the addition of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitors to first-line chemotherapy finally provided long-awaited gains in survival. Atezolizumab, when added to carboplatin and etoposide, improved both progression-free survival and overall survival. Durvalumab, when added to platinum plus etoposide, similarly improved OS. Biomarker development has stalled as PD-L1 expression and tumor mutational burden have not been useful predictive biomarkers. However, based on the significant survival improvements, both atezolizumab and durvalumab were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to be given with first-line chemotherapy, and these regimens represent the new standards of care for SCLC.
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