Durable response to a second course of immunotherapy in a long-term survivor with relapsed small cell lung cancer

Natalie Shammas1, Sajjad Bhatti2

  • 1Internal Medicine, CHI Saint Vincent Health System, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

BMJ Case Reports
|August 25, 2025
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