Advances in radiotherapy for extensive-stage cell lung cancer / 中国肿瘤临床
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
;
(24): 636-639, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-754475
ABSTRACT
Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) accounts for approximately two-thirds of all SCLCs. Chemotherapy is still the main treatment, supplemented with radiotherapy and other comprehensive treatments. Although sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, almost all ES-SCLCs are vulnerable to treatment resistance and have high recurrence rates. Therefore, novel therapies are needed to improve treatment efficacy. The recent advances in radiotherapy for ES-SCLC include prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) and thoracic radiotherapy (TRT). Moreover, immunotherapy has shown good antitumor activity, and immune-checkpoint inhibi-tors may become an important breakthrough in SCLC treatment. This article briefly reviewed the clinical research on radiotherapy and immunotherapy for advanced-stage SCLC.
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Chinese
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Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year:
2019
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