News|Articles|September 11, 2026

5 Years of Lung Cancer Advances: A Timeline of FDA Approvals and What They Mean for Patients

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Lung cancer treatment has changed rapidly since 2021, with new targeted drugs, immunotherapy and treatments designed to overcome resistance.

Lung cancer treatment has changed a lot in five years. If you or someone you love has lung cancer, it helps to know not just that things have improved, but how — because the pattern behind these changes is the best clue we have for what's coming next. Here's the story, year by year, told partly through doctors and patients CURE has interviewed along the way.