How do you treat patients with small cell lung cancer that is primarily refractory to platinum/etoposide (i.e. disease that continues to progress despite first-line chemotherapy?)
For fit patients, what regimen do you prefer outside of a clinical trial?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Unfortunately I have rarely seen second-line therapy provide meaningful benefit in patients with previously treated small cell lung cancer and have little enthusiasm for treating these patients outside of a clinical trial. Recently reported data for therapies such as nivolumab+Ipilimumab and r...