Other potentially useful adjuncts to the treatment of advanced lung cancer include feeding gastrostomies when the esophagus is obstructed by the cancer and the use of lasers to open up an airway obstructed by a tumor mass.
Adjuvant or neoadjuvant protocols may be useful.
Five-Year Survival Less than 5 percent
Investigational
• New drugs that may be effective include Taxol , CPT-11, topotecan and navelbine.
