Sandra Toogood

While progress in outcomes has been greater in non–small cell lung cancer, recent advances, including molecularly targeted therapies against EGFR and ALK, checkpoint inhibitors that boost immune response, improved staging, and video-assisted surgery have all contributed to progress in treatment of all types of lung cancer, including in SCLC.

As longer-term data read out for established regimens in urothelial cancer and up-and-coming therapeutics inch toward approval, optimizing treatment approaches relies on buy-in from multidisciplinary teams and patients.

Although emerging strategies are expanding options for treating patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB disease continues to pose challenges. A multimodality approach may help overcome current barriers to care.