LUNG CANCER IN FOCUS: Moving Beyond Monotherapy in the Immunotherapeutic Arena: Prospects for Combination Therapies in Lung Cancer

摘要

H&O Why would patients with lung cancer benefit from a new treatment modality beyond surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation? SA Treatment of lung cancer depends on the stage. Patients with early-stage lung cancer, known as stage 1, still have a very good chance of being cured with surgery alone. Chemotherapy and surgery can potentially cure patients with stage 2 disease. Patients with stage 3 disease can be cured by chemotherapy and radiation, with or without surgery. These modalities are still the standard of care and are associated with a good chance of cure.