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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

A comparison of clinical guidelines, treatment characteristics and outcomes in small cell lung cancer between East Asia and Europe/North America.

Chi-Lu Chiang, Ross Andrew Soo, Tony Mok, Pei Jye Voon, Lucksamon Thamlikitkul, Ying Cheng, Hidehito Horinouchi, Byong Chul Cho, Krista Lin Xu, Myung-Ju Ahn

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Chi-Lu ChiangDepartment of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ross Andrew SooDepartment of Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Tony MokDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Pei Jye VoonDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Lucksamon ThamlikitkulDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ying ChengJilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, China.
Hidehito HorinouchiDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Byong Chul ChoYonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Krista Lin XuAmgen, Inc., Singapore, Singapore.
Myung-Ju AhnDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma with a poor prognosis and accounts for approximately 11% of all lung cancers. Owing to the complex and aggressive nature of the disease, clinical management of SCLC is challenging. Many SCLC regional guidelines, including those from East Asia, have been developed in light of potential regional variations in socioeconomic conditions and healthcare infrastructure. However, less is known about the potential implications of the inherent population/regional differences in clinical management and the emerging treatment landscape in SCLC. Here, we review variations in the real-world patient characteristics and in diagnosis and treatment guidelines in SCLC between East Asia and Europe/North America. We also consider similarities and differences in real-world treatment patterns, as well as clinical outcomes between regions, to explore the need to adapt clinical management in SCLC.

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Asian countriesdiagnosisEast Asiasmall cell lung cancersurvival outcomestreatment guidelinestreatment patterns

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PMID41220940
PMCPMC12597816

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