Treatment Options by Stage
Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Treatment of limited-stage small cell
lung cancer may include the following:
- Combination
chemotherapy and radiation
therapy to the chest. Radiation therapy to the brain may later be given to patients with complete responses.
- Combination chemotherapy for patients with lung problems or who are very ill. Radiation therapy to the brain may later be given to patients with complete responses.
- Surgery followed by chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus
radiation therapy to the chest. Radiation therapy to the brain may later be given to patients with complete responses.
- Clinical trials of
new chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation treatments.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Treatment of extensive-stage small cell
lung cancer may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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