Bjørn Henning Grønberg MD PhD; ASCO 2026: Adding Thoracic Radiotherapy Did Not Prolong Lives of Patients with Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Being Treated with Chemo-Immunotherapy. COMMENT: David R Spigel MD

Patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer did not live longer with thoracic radiotherapy added to their chemo-immunotherapy in a study reported to the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2026 Annual Meeting held in Chicago, USA. First author Bjørn Henning Grønberg MD PhD, Professor and Consultant in Oncology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway talked with the Audio Journal of Oncology about his group’s findings.