Immunotherapy uses medicines that help the body's immune system find and attack cancer cells. Learn about immunotherapy for small cell lung cancer here.

For the first time in more than three decades, it has been demonstrated that the addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy improved the survival of patients with extensive-stage SCLC, …

Jun 25, 2024 · The immunotherapy drug durvalumab (Imfinzi) helped people with early-stage small cell lung cancer live longer, according to initial results from a large clinical trial.

Mar 25, 2024 · Immunotherapy is a new treatment option for small-cell lung cancer. Learn about the different types and how they work.

Jun 5, 2025 · Zhang and colleagues provide an overview of the current and emerging landscape of immunotherapy-based therapies for small-cell lung cancer.

Nov 5, 2025 · In this review, we summarize distinctive features of the TIME in SCLC and evaluate current immunotherapeutic strategies, notably immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), that have …

Dec 3, 2025 · There's a drug called [Imdelltra] that is actually showing real promise and activity in patients with small cell lung cancer, that actually has shown to be superior to chemotherapy for …

2 days ago · Immunotherapy helps the body's immune system fight lung cancer. Checkpoint inhibitors unlock switches to let the immune system attack cancer. CAR-T cell therapy trains T cells to find and …

Jan 6, 2025 · New advances in immunotherapy are paving the way for more effective treatment strategies and have promising results with early clinical trial data. While SCLC rarely harbors …

Immunotherapy for lung cancer, alone or in combination with conventional treatments, can significantly improve outcomes for patients fighting lung cancer.