Aly Ragia, Gupta Sachin, Potdar Rashmika
Internal Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, USA.
Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Jun 27;12(6):e8862. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8862.
Small cell carcinoma is a type of highly aggressive poorly differentiated neuroendocrine tumor that can arise from multiple organs, including but not limited to bronchial tissue, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary system. The most commonly studied type is small cell lung cancer (SCLC) which carries the worst prognosis among lung cancers. After multiple promising clinical trials, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has recently added atezolizumab and durvalumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy/etoposide to the first-line treatment regimen for extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC). Meanwhile, the recommended treatment for extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (EPSCC) remains unchanged. In this review, we try to explore the role of immunotherapy in the treatment of EPSCC.
小细胞癌是一种侵袭性很强的低分化神经内分泌肿瘤,可起源于多个器官,包括但不限于支气管组织、胰腺、胃肠道和泌尿生殖系统。研究最多的类型是小细胞肺癌(SCLC),它在肺癌中预后最差。经过多项前景良好的临床试验后,美国国立综合癌症网络最近将阿特珠单抗和度伐利尤单抗联合铂类化疗/依托泊苷纳入广泛期小细胞肺癌(ES-SCLC)的一线治疗方案。同时,肺外小细胞癌(EPSCC)的推荐治疗方案保持不变。在本综述中,我们试图探讨免疫疗法在EPSCC治疗中的作用。