Kanagawa Cancer Center

Lactate dehydrogenase-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts overall and progression-free survival among patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer receiving first-line chemoimmunotherapy

Platinum plus etoposide combined with programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors is the standard first-line therapy for patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, reliable prognostic biomarkers are yet to be identified. The lactate dehydrogenase-to-lymphocyt...