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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a systematic literature review.

Gernot WagnerHannah Karolina StollenwerkIrma KleringsMartin PecherstorferGerald GartlehnerJosef Singer
Published in: Oncoimmunology (2020)
In first-line therapy of patients with advanced NSCLC, ICI is effective when combined with chemotherapy not depending on PD-L1 expression, or as monotherapy in high PD-L1 expressing tumors. For second-line therapy, single-agent ICI improves efficacy and safety compared to docetaxel.
Keyphrases
  • advanced non small cell lung cancer
  • epidermal growth factor receptor
  • small cell lung cancer
  • locally advanced
  • randomized controlled trial
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • brain metastases