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SUBMITTER: Yu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318569 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer 20181201 12
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), which accounts for about 15% of lung cancer cases, is an aggressive disease characterized by rapid growth and early widespread metastasis. Despite sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, SCLC is vulnerable to get resistant and has high recurrence rates. In recent years, immunotherapy has shown good antitumor activity, especially programmed death receptor-1/ligand-L1 (PD-1/L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) Checkpoint inhibitors have ch ...[more]