2025 MaTOS Lung | Session VII | Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

2025 MaTOS Lung | Session VII | Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Overview

Dr. Sheilds highlighted advances in SCLC care, including chemo-immunotherapy, emerging survival gains from key trials, evolving tumor origins, and the growing role of biomarkers for personalized treatment.
Dr. Bunn examined adenocarcinoma to SCLC transformation, often in EGFR-mutant tumors with p53/RB loss. Biopsies are key for diagnosis; outcomes are poor, highlighting need for new trials.
Dr. Iyenger reviewed advances in SCLC radiotherapy, stressing optimized thoracic dosing, limited role of consolidation, ongoing PCI debate, and trials combining radiation with immunotherapy.
Christine Hahn reviewed emerging SCLC therapies, highlighting durvalumab consolidation benefits, strong results with tarlatamab, promising ADCs, and novel targeted and bispecific agents.

Target Audience

Physicians

This material is non‑CME, no credits are available, and a certificate will not be provided upon completion.

Faculty

Moderator: Paul A. Bunn, MD

Speakers and Panelists:

Misty Dawn Shields, MD, PhD
Paul A. Bunn, MD
Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD
Christine L. Hann, MD, PhD

Panelists:

Alberto Chiappori, MD

Nagla Abdel Karim, MD, PhD

Daniel Morgansztern, MD

Date of Release

January 8th, 2026