Would you offer radiation alone to localized recurrence of extensive stage small cell lung cancer while on maintenance immunotherapy or would you start alternative systemic therapy?
Would it matter the site of recurrence (ie lung nodule vs bone lesion)?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
The role of local therapy for the treatment of patients with ES SCLC has been evaluated in a number of phase 3 trials. The first trial, which was published by Jeremic et al., PMID 10561263 over 20 years ago, reported a survival advantage for adding thoracic radiation to chemotherapy compared with ch...