Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect
The abscopal effect, which is the regression of metastatic cancer at distant sites during radiotherapy, is somewhat rare but can be promoted by immunotherapy. This Opinion article describes emerging concepts and limitations of using a combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy to boost the abscop...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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May 2018
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Nature reviews. Cancer
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 18, Heft: 5, Pages: 313-322 |
| ISSN: | 1474-1768 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nrc.2018.6 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2018.6 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrc.2018.6 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Wilfred Ngwa, Omoruyi Credit Irabor, Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, Jürgen Hesser, Sandra Demaria and Silvia C. Formenti |
| Zusammenfassung: | The abscopal effect, which is the regression of metastatic cancer at distant sites during radiotherapy, is somewhat rare but can be promoted by immunotherapy. This Opinion article describes emerging concepts and limitations of using a combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 29.09.2020 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1474-1768 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nrc.2018.6 |