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The clinical conundrum of managing relapsed small cell lung cancer
Author(s) -
Nazha Bassel,
Owonikoko Taofeek K.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.31849
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , refractory (planetary science) , cancer , intensive care medicine , oncology , physics , astrobiology
The management of patients with relapsed/refractory small cell lung cancer is a true clinical conundrum. Using a common but challenging clinical scenario, this article discusses treatment considerations and promising emergent data on immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy and targeted therapy.