Woman with previously diagnosed SCLC
Reviewed by Karl J. D'Silva, MD
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Karl J. D'Silva, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston; Medical Director, Department of Oncology and Hematology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Peabody, Massachusetts

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A 76-year-old African American woman with a history of stroke, hypertension, and diabetes presents for follow-up of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with metastasis to the liver and bone. Her ECOG performance status is 2. She was treated with a combination of carboplatin and etoposide, with a partial response at 3 months.

What additional therapy could this patient be receiving?

Vascular endothelial growth factor A antagonist

Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) blocking antibody

Kinase inhibitor

None

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