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Editorial
. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1249-E1253.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.46.

Emerging strategies for the treatment of advanced small cell lung cancer

Joline S J Lim  1 , Dearbhaile Collins  2 , Timothy A Yap  3
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Editorial

Emerging strategies for the treatment of advanced small cell lung cancer

Joline S J Lim et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.
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Conflict of interest statement

TAY has received research support from AstraZeneca and Merck, and has served on Advisory Boards and received travel support from Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb. J S Lim is supported by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Research Training Fellowship, Singapore.

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Therapeutic agents under assessment/previously tested in small cell lung cancer according to predominant mechanism of action. Furthest phase of clinical trial for each agent in square brackets. Ongoing and recruiting studies in bold with clinical trials identifier numbers in brackets.
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