Treatment Options for Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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

• External radiation therapy as palliative therapy, to relieve pain and other symptoms and improve the quality of life.
• Chemotherapy.
• Targeted therapy with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
• Laser therapy or internal radiation therapy using an endoscope.
• Radiosurgery (for certain patients who cannot have surgery).
• Surgery to remove a very small amount of cancer that has spread to the brain.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent non-small cell lung cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.