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Fractionated but Not Single-Dose Radiotherapy Induces an Immune-Mediated Abscopal Effect when Combined with Anti–CTLA-4 Antibody

Clinical Cancer Research · 2009 · Vol. 15(17) · pp. 5379–5388
Md. Zahidunnabi DewanAshley E. GallowayNoriko KawashimaJ. Keith DeWyngaertJames S. BabbSilvia C. FormentiSandra Demaria

Abstract

Fractionated but not single-dose radiotherapy induces an abscopal effect when in combination with anti-CTLA-4 antibody in two preclinical carcinoma models.

Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersCancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune ResponseImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesAbscopal effectRadiation therapyMedicineCD8Cancer researchAntibodyImmunotherapyGrowth inhibitionNasopharyngeal carcinomaCarcinoma

MeSH terms

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCarcinomaColonic NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyInterferon-gammaMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLRadiotherapy DosageAntigens, CDCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDose Fractionation, RadiationCell Line, TumorMice

Funding

  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Breast Cancer Research Foundation
  • Chemotherapy Foundation
  • York University
  • National Institutes of Health
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