scholarly journals History of Extensive Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment: Time to Raise the Bar? A Review of the Literature

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 998
Author(s):  
Chiara Lazzari ◽  
Aurora Mirabile ◽  
Alessandra Bulotta ◽  
Maria Grazia Viganó ◽  
Francesca Rita Ogliari ◽  
...  

Several trials have tried for decades to improve the outcome of extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) through attempts to modify the standard treatments. Nevertheless, platinum/etoposide combination and topotecan have remained respectively the first and the second line standard treatments for the last 40 years. With the advent of immunotherapy, this scenario has finally changed. Our review aims to provide an overview of the primary studies on the actual therapeutic strategies available for ED-SCLC patients, and to highlight emerging evidence supporting the use of immunotherapy in SCLC patients.

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. S348
Author(s):  
Megumi Kawamoto ◽  
Yoshiyuki Sano ◽  
Yoshitaka Zenke ◽  
Kenji Kawasumi ◽  
Hiroki Izumi ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 1826-1834 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Stewart ◽  
Constance Johnson ◽  
Adriana Lopez ◽  
Bonnie Glisson ◽  
Jay M. Rhee ◽  
...  

Immunotherapy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Song ◽  
Rengui Zhou ◽  
Xiangyong Li ◽  
Dejian Pan

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is sensitive to chemoradiotherapy but remains to have a poor prognosis. In the immunotherapy era, chemotherapy combined with PD-L1 inhibitors has become a new first-line treatment option for advanced SCLC. The CheckMate 032 study combined a PD-1 blockade and a CTLA-4 inhibitor and found that this dual immunotherapy might be a positive treatment choice for SCLC. In our case, the patient with advanced SCLC received bevacizumab combined with dual immunotherapy over the third line with more than 12 months survival time. The overall survival time was 21.5 months from the start of the third-line treatment and 39 months from the time of extensive-disease SCLC diagnosis. The combination of a VEGF blockade and a dual immunotherapy in SCLC resulted in synergistic treatment effects. Therefore, bevacizumab might be a better adjuvant, either combined with chemotherapy or dual immunotherapy, for patients with persistent disease progression after undergoing immunotherapy.


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