Insights on immunotherapy in pulmonary oncology

Abstract

peer reviewedImmunotherapy, based on the immune response to tumor cells, gives a new therapeutic hope for lung cancer whose prognosis remains dark. Four molecules are currently available in clinical practice. They were first studied for non-small cell cancers in the second and third line of treatment with a significant improvement in overall survival, then in maintenance treatment and more recently in the front line with a significant response. Their complications, mainly dysimmune adverse effects, are protean but immunotherapy remains better tolerated than chemotherapy. It opens many perspectives but further studies, including biomarkers, are still needed. © 2018 Editions Medecine et Hygiene. All rights reserved