Current and future pharmacological therapies for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer
摘要
Small-cell lung cancer represents a highly aggressive neuroendocrine subtype of lung cancer. In distant metastatic or extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer, the primary treatment approach consists of non-curative pharmacological therapy. Unfortunately, the long-term prognosis for patients at this stage remains poor.
This short review examines standard first- and second-line pharmacological treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer from a European perspective, followed by a discussion of current investigational therapeutic agents.