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Stef Bachatero
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Освен ако не сакате да завршите како Стив Џобс.
Treatment
Real-time tumor imaging
Researchers are looking to use new imaging techniques, such as four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT), to help improve treatment. In this technique, the CT machine scans the chest continuously for about 30 seconds. It shows where the tumor is in relation to other structures as a person breathes, as opposed to just giving a ‘snapshot’ of a point in time, like a standard CT does.
4DCT can be used to determine exactly where the tumor is during each part of the breathing cycle, which can help doctors deliver radiation to a tumor more precisely. This technique might also be used to help show if a tumor is attached to or invading important structures in the chest, which could help doctors determine if a patient might be eligible for surgery.
Chemotherapy
Many clinical trials are looking at newer combinations of chemotherapy drugs to determine which are the safest and most effective. This is especially important in patients who are older and have other health problems. Doctors are also searching for better ways to combine chemotherapy with radiation therapy and other treatments.
Some new chemotherapy drugs, such as amrubicin and belotecan, have shown promising results in early studies and are now being tested in larger clinical trials.
Targeted therapies
Researchers are learning more about the inner workings of lung cancer cells that control their growth and spread. This is being used to develop new targeted therapies. These drugs work differently from standard chemotherapy drugs. They might work in some cases when standard chemo drugs don’t, and they often have different (and less severe) side effects. Many of these treatments are being tested in clinical trialsto see if they can help people with lung cancer live longer or relieve their symptoms.
Anti-angiogenesis drugs: For cancers to grow, new blood vessels must develop to nourish the cancer cells within tumors. This process is called angiogenesis. New drugs that inhibit angiogenesis are being studied as lung cancer treatments.
Some are used for other cancer types. For example, a drug called bevacizumab (Avastin) has been shown to help patients with some types of non-small cell lung cancer. In studies of small cell lung cancer, it has helped stop some of the cancers from growing for a time, but so far it hasn’t been shown to help patients live longer.
Other drugs that affect blood vessel growth, such as sunitinib (Sutent) and nintedanib (BIBF 1120), are also being tested for use against SCLC.
Immune treatments
Researchers are hoping to develop drugs that can help the body’s immune system fight the cancer.
Ipilimumab (Yervoy): This drug targets CTLA-4, a protein in the body that normally suppresses the immune response. Blocking this protein might help the immune system attack cancer cells. The drug is already used to treat melanoma, and it is now being studied in other cancers, including SCLC.
Vaccines: Several types of vaccines for boosting the body’s immune response against lung cancer cells are being tested inclinical trials. Unlike vaccines against infections like measles or mumps, these vaccines are designed to help treat, not prevent, lung cancer. These types of treatments seem to have very limited side effects, so they might be useful in people who can’t tolerate other treatments. At this time, vaccines are only available in clinical trials.
Освен ако не сакате да завршите како Стив Џобс.
Treatment
Real-time tumor imaging
Researchers are looking to use new imaging techniques, such as four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT), to help improve treatment. In this technique, the CT machine scans the chest continuously for about 30 seconds. It shows where the tumor is in relation to other structures as a person breathes, as opposed to just giving a ‘snapshot’ of a point in time, like a standard CT does.
4DCT can be used to determine exactly where the tumor is during each part of the breathing cycle, which can help doctors deliver radiation to a tumor more precisely. This technique might also be used to help show if a tumor is attached to or invading important structures in the chest, which could help doctors determine if a patient might be eligible for surgery.
Chemotherapy
Many clinical trials are looking at newer combinations of chemotherapy drugs to determine which are the safest and most effective. This is especially important in patients who are older and have other health problems. Doctors are also searching for better ways to combine chemotherapy with radiation therapy and other treatments.
Some new chemotherapy drugs, such as amrubicin and belotecan, have shown promising results in early studies and are now being tested in larger clinical trials.
Targeted therapies
Researchers are learning more about the inner workings of lung cancer cells that control their growth and spread. This is being used to develop new targeted therapies. These drugs work differently from standard chemotherapy drugs. They might work in some cases when standard chemo drugs don’t, and they often have different (and less severe) side effects. Many of these treatments are being tested in clinical trialsto see if they can help people with lung cancer live longer or relieve their symptoms.
Anti-angiogenesis drugs: For cancers to grow, new blood vessels must develop to nourish the cancer cells within tumors. This process is called angiogenesis. New drugs that inhibit angiogenesis are being studied as lung cancer treatments.
Some are used for other cancer types. For example, a drug called bevacizumab (Avastin) has been shown to help patients with some types of non-small cell lung cancer. In studies of small cell lung cancer, it has helped stop some of the cancers from growing for a time, but so far it hasn’t been shown to help patients live longer.
Other drugs that affect blood vessel growth, such as sunitinib (Sutent) and nintedanib (BIBF 1120), are also being tested for use against SCLC.
Immune treatments
Researchers are hoping to develop drugs that can help the body’s immune system fight the cancer.
Ipilimumab (Yervoy): This drug targets CTLA-4, a protein in the body that normally suppresses the immune response. Blocking this protein might help the immune system attack cancer cells. The drug is already used to treat melanoma, and it is now being studied in other cancers, including SCLC.
Vaccines: Several types of vaccines for boosting the body’s immune response against lung cancer cells are being tested inclinical trials. Unlike vaccines against infections like measles or mumps, these vaccines are designed to help treat, not prevent, lung cancer. These types of treatments seem to have very limited side effects, so they might be useful in people who can’t tolerate other treatments. At this time, vaccines are only available in clinical trials.
