title: Dose-intensive therapy for small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Enhancement of dose and dose intensity increases tumor response and may enhance long-term progression-free survival in patients with small cell lung cancer. Several strategies are identified to intensify therapy safely: a traditional induction/intensification mode, in which high-dose therapy with hematopoietic stem cell support is used to treat patients responding to conventional-dose therapy; and multicycle dose-intensive approaches, in which higher-dose therapy is administered over multiple cycles at initiation of therapy. This paper reviews some of the recently completed and activated trials (particularly those developed at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) exploring these concepts.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Elias
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors