Tarceva (erlotinib) is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen
In patients with small cell lung cancer, combination chemotherapy produces results that are clearly superior to single-agent treatment, and moderately intensive doses of drugs are superior to doses ...
If the cancer has features of both types, it is called mixed small cell/large cell cancer. Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) About 13% of all lung cancers are of the small cell type
For small cell cancer, chemotherapy and radiation are usually used in limited stage disease (when the disease is confined to the chest ). Studies have shown that giving chemotherapy and radiation ...