Opinion|Videos|September 30, 2024
Considerations for Extended Chemoimmunotherapy
Author(s)Joshua K. Sabari, MD
Dr. Sabari discusses how, for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) that progresses within six months after platinum-based chemoimmunotherapy and immunotherapy maintenance, options like lurbinectedin, topotecan, and irinotecan are considered viable subsequent treatments due to their proven effectiveness in similar clinical scenarios.
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In the case of ES-SCLC that progresses in less than 6 months after a second course of m-based chemoimmunotherapy + IO maintenance, what other treatment options,in the absence of a clinical trial, would you consider as a subsequent line of therapy, and why?
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