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.

Check for U.S. 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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