The changing landscape of small cell lung cancer.
Giordano Fabricio Cittolin-SantosBrendan KnappBharath GaneshFeng GaoSaiama WaqarThomas Eldridge StinchcombeRamaswamy GovindanDaniel MorgenszternPublished in: Cancer (2024)
The incidence of SCLC peaked in 1988 followed by a gradual decline. Other notable changes include increased median age at diagnosis, the percentage of women, and the percentage of stage IV at diagnosis. The improvement in 5-year overall survival has been statistically significant but clinically modest.