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JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 1056-1069Publisher
AME PUBLISHING COMPANY
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2020.03.11
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Lung cancer; clinical trial; chemotherapy; immunotherapy; targeted therapy
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In recent years, lung cancer has become the most common cancer and the leading cause of deaths attributed to cancer. in China, lung cancer is the third leading cause of death after strokes and ischemic heart disease. This review aimed to provide an up-to-date summary of studies in regard to lung cancer in 2019 and to present the remarkable progress seen in lung cancer clinical research. A systematic search of PubMed and Web of Science for research published in 2019 was conducted using the search terms lung cancer, early stage, advanced, diagnosis, treatment, or any combination of these terms. We selected 56 studies that we considered to be significant and have presented their major findings. In summary, survival among lung cancer patients was significantly improved compared with historical controls, turning lung cancer from an incurable disease into a chronic disease. In addition, treating lung cancer has become increasingly comprehensive, diversified, and individualized. Exploring the accurate biomarkers in immunotherapy and the mechanism of drug resistance in targeted therapy constitutes the greatest challenge at this stage.
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