Immune heterogeneity in small-cell lung cancer and vulnerability to immune checkpoint blockade

BY Nabet, H Hamidi, MC Lee, R Banchereau, S Morris… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1), combined with carboplatin and etoposide (CE), is now
a standard of care for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). A clearer …

[HTML][HTML] Archetype tasks link intratumoral heterogeneity to plasticity and cancer hallmarks in small cell lung cancer

SM Groves, GV Ildefonso, CO McAtee, PMM Ozawa… - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) tumors comprise heterogeneous mixtures of cell states,
categorized into neuroendocrine (NE) and non-neuroendocrine (non-NE) transcriptional …

Berzosertib plus topotecan vs topotecan alone in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer: a randomized clinical trial

N Takahashi, Z Hao, LC Villaruz, J Zhang, J Ruiz… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC), a high replication stress
tumor, have poor prognoses and few therapeutic options. A phase 2 study showed antitumor …

Veliparib in combination with carboplatin and etoposide in patients with treatment-naïve extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a phase 2 randomized study

LA Byers, D Bentsion, S Gans, K Penkov, CH Son… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: This study investigated the efficacy and safety of oral PARP inhibitor veliparib, plus
carboplatin and etoposide in patients with treatment-naïve, extensive-stage small cell lung …

Small cell lung cancer: Subtypes and therapeutic implications

WZ Wang, A Shulman, JM Amann, DP Carbone… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an extremely aggressive neuroendocrine tumor,
accounting for approximated 13% of all lung cancer cases. SCLC is characterized by rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Morphologic and molecular classification of lung neuroendocrine neoplasms

J Metovic, M Barella, F Bianchi, P Hofman, V Hofman… - Virchows Archiv, 2021 - Springer
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) of the lung encompass neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)
composed of typical (TC) and atypical (AC) carcinoids and full-fledged carcinomas (NECs) …

[HTML][HTML] Small cell lung cancer: a slightly less orphan disease after immunotherapy

J Remon, M Aldea, B Besse, D Planchard, M Reck… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•ICIs have shifted the treatment paradigm to improve overall survival in advanced
SCLC.•The magnitude of immune-chemotherapy strategy is still modest. The …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in SCLC

BH Herzog, S Devarakonda, R Govindan - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
SCLC is an aggressive form of lung cancer with a very poor prognosis. Although SCLC
initially responds very well to platinum-based chemotherapy, it eventually recurs and at …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative and comparative genomic analyses identify clinically relevant pulmonary carcinoid groups and unveil the supra-carcinoids

N Alcala, N Leblay, AAG Gabriel, L Mangiante… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The worldwide incidence of pulmonary carcinoids is increasing, but little is known about
their molecular characteristics. Through machine learning and multi-omics factor analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive molecular characterization of lung tumors implicates AKT and MYC signaling in adenocarcinoma to squamous cell transdifferentiation

A Quintanal-Villalonga, H Taniguchi, YA Zhan… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Lineage plasticity, the ability to transdifferentiate among distinct phenotypic
identities, facilitates therapeutic resistance in cancer. In lung adenocarcinomas (LUADs) …