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First-Line Atezolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Leora Horn,
Aaron S. Mansfield,
Aleksandra Szczęsna,
Libor Havel,
Maciej Krzakowski,
Maximilian J. Hochmair,
Florian Huemer,
György Losonczy,
Melissa L. Johnson,
Makoto Nishio,
Martin Reck,
Tony Mok,
Sivuonthanh Lam,
David S. Shames,
Juan Liu,
Beiying Ding,
Ariel López-Chávez,
Fairooz F. Kabbinavar,
Wei Lin,
Alan Sandler,
Stephen V. Liu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1809064
Subject(s) - atezolizumab , chemotherapy , lung cancer , cytotoxic t cell , cancer research , programmed cell death , pd l1 , cytotoxicity , oncology , medicine , immunotherapy , cancer , biology , apoptosis , nivolumab , in vitro , biochemistry
Enhancing tumor-specific T-cell immunity by inhibiting programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-programmed death 1 (PD-1) signaling has shown promise in the treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. Combining checkpoint inhibition with cytotoxic chemotherapy may have a synergistic effect and improve efficacy.

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