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Review
. 2019 Dec;8(6):1091-1106.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.10.17.

Advances in clinical trials of targeted therapy and immunotherapy of lung cancer in 2018

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Review

Advances in clinical trials of targeted therapy and immunotherapy of lung cancer in 2018

Zhengyang Hu et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

There were many clinical studies on lung cancer in 2018. In particular, significant progress has been made in immunotherapy and targeted therapy. Whether in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown good results. For patients with specific gene mutations, the new generation inhibitors also showed good results in clinical trials. In this review, we summarize the clinical trials in lung cancer in 2018 and describe the progress and prospects for lung cancer therapies.

Keywords: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); clinical trails; immunotherapy; small cell lung cancer (SCLC); targeted therapy.

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

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