title: [Current status of the chemotherapy for lung cancer].
abstract: In the treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LD-SCLC) and unresectable locally-advanced non-small cell lung cancer, several phase III trials and meta-analysis have demonstrated the following: 1) combining chemotherapy and thoracic irradiation is better than chemotherapy alone or radiotherapy alone, 2) the concurrent use of chemoradiotherapy has been expected a better survival than the sequential use, 3) the improvement in outcome seen with a concurrent chemoradiotherapy approach may be because of spatial cooperation, enhanced radiosensitization, and/or enhanced cytotoxicity, and 4) the chemoradiotherapy is tolerable without significant morbidities, such as pneumonitis and esophagitis. However, the chemoradiotherapy is still an investigational strategy because of the absence of a definite schedule and dose on radiotherapy. Newer, more tolerable chemotherapeutic agents, molecular biologic novel approaches and newer irradiated procedures are now being investigated.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Harubumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077143:Docetaxel; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015996:Survival Rate; D043823:Taxoids
chemical_list: D043823:Taxoids; D000077143:Docetaxel; D000077146:Irinotecan; D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin; D002166:Camptothecin