Treatment of recurrent small cell lung cancer may include the following:

• Radiation therapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
• Chemotherapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
• Laser therapy, surgical placement of devices to keep the airways open, and/or internal radiation therapy, as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
• Clinical trials of chemotherapy.

This summary refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent small cell lung cancer.

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