Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2019 Aug;8(4):546-549.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.04.05.

First-line immune-chemotherapy combination: the right strategy to fight squamous non-small cell lung cancer?

Francesco Passiglia  1 , Paolo Bironzo  1 , Giorgio V Scagliotti  1
Affiliations
Editorial

First-line immune-chemotherapy combination: the right strategy to fight squamous non-small cell lung cancer?

Francesco Passiglia et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2019 Aug.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy for Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
    Paz-Ares L, Luft A, Vicente D, Tafreshi A, Gümüş M, Mazières J, Hermes B, Çay Şenler F, Csőszi T, Fülöp A, Rodríguez-Cid J, Wilson J, Sugawara S, Kato T, Lee KH, Cheng Y, Novello S, Halmos B, Li X, Lubiniecki GM, Piperdi B, Kowalski DM; KEYNOTE-407 Investigators. Paz-Ares L, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2040-2051. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1810865. Epub 2018 Sep 25. N Engl J Med. 2018. PMID: 30280635 Clinical Trial.

References

    1. Paz-Ares L, Luft A, Vicente D, et al. Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy for Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med 2018;379:2040-51. 10.1056/NEJMoa1810865 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Socinski MA, Obasaju C, Gandara D, et al. Current and Emergent Therapy Options for Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2018;13:165-83. 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.11.111 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Scagliotti GV, Parikh P, von Pawel J, et al. Phase III study comparing cisplatin plus gemcitabine with cisplatin plus pemetrexed in chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:3543-51. 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0375 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Thatcher N, Hirsch FR, Luft AV, et al. Necitumumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin versus gemcitabine and cisplatin alone as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (SQUIRE): an open-label, randomised, controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol 2015;16:763-74. 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00021-2 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Reck M, Rodríguez-Abreu D, Robinson AG, et al. Updated Analysis of KEYNOTE-024: Pembrolizumab Versus Platinum-Based Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With PD-L1 Tumor Proportion Score of 50% or Greater. J Clin Oncol 2019;37:537-46. 10.1200/JCO.18.00149 - DOI - PubMed