Lung cancer: promising new treatments

Hope is emerging in Chicago (United States) for those suffering from lung cancer. At this congress which brings together the best specialists in the world, two studies are causing a sensation: a treatment for smokers’ cancer, known as “small cell”. A very aggressive and deadly form. This cancer is treated with chemo and radiotherapy. By adding immunotherapy by injection, the risk of death is significantly reduced. Three years after diagnosis, the chances of survival increase by 10%.

The second treatment concerns certain lung cancers linked to a genetic mutation. A cancer treated by chemo and radiotherapy, adding targeted treatment in the form of a pill. 65% of patients do not relapse two years after diagnosis. These treatments could be accessible in France by A has two years.