ASCO 2021 Lung Caner – Luis G. Paz-Ares
Luis G. Paz-Ares explains which notable developments are taking place in the field of small-cell lung cancer with respect to new targets and targeted agents, how chemotherapeutic standards will change in the management of patients with small-cell lung cancer and highlights the most relevant findings presented at ASCO 2021 in terms of targeted therapies.
Here is the full ASCO 2021 Lung Cancer report.
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Preface ASCO 2021
As in 2020, the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was held online, with both the scientific and education programs taking place on June 4-8. Among more than 2,500 abstracts presented, findings in the area of lung cancer made for exiting news. Immune checkpoint inhibition has been moving forward in the continuum of care across the treatment lines and is now defining new standards in early-stage lung cancer.
