ReviewCancer biology & medicine2024
Chemotherapy-free radiotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a new regimen for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer?
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Third-generation versus first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in Asian patients with advanced EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Amelioration of T lymphocyte subsets, inflammatory factors and gastrointestinal function by traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation management in postoperative chemotherapy for lung cancer.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2025Article
- Integrating molecular docking and network pharmacology to reveal the molecular mechanisms of Anemarrhena asphodeloides in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Case Report: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy for intramedullary spinal cord metastases of lung adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Neoadjuvant radiotherapy in ERFrontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- The role of chemoradiotherapy and immunotherapy in stage III NSCLC.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2024Review
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Abstract
Maintenance immunotherapy after concurrent chemoradiotherapy remains the standard therapeutic approach in patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC). The efficacy of pembrolizumab without chemotherapy in stage IV NSCLC has incited interest in similar approaches for LA-NSCLC. Several recent investigations involving the synergistic potential of immunotherapy combined with radiotherapy (iRT) have generated encouraging results. This review discusses the existing studies and prospective directions of chemotherapy-free iRT strategies in unresectable LA-NSCLC. Although the initial findings of chemotherapy-free iRT strategies have shown promising efficacy, we must consider the methodologic limitations of current studies and the myriad of challenges that accompany the implementation of chemotherapy-free iRT. These challenges include determining the optimal dose and fractionation, precise target volume delineation, and identification of additional suitable patient cohorts. Furthermore, the feasibility of chemotherapy-free iRT as a novel treatment modality for select patients with LA-NSCLC is contingent upon validation through randomized phase III trials.
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