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ReviewTranslational lung cancer research2017

Preclinical rationale for combining radiation therapy and immunotherapy beyond checkpoint inhibitors (i.e., CART).

James P Flynn, Mark H O'Hara, Saumil J Gandhi

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Review in Translational lung cancer research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. The Safety of Bridging Radiation with Anti-BCMA CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2021
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  14. Immunomodulatory Effects of Radiotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  19. Understanding and Managing Large B Cell Lymphoma Relapses after Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2019
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  20. Time for radioimmunotherapy: an overview to bring improvements in clinical practice.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

James P FlynnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mark H O'HaraDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Saumil J GandhiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing appreciation for the role of the immune system in targeting cancer cells over the last decade has led to the development of several immunomodulatory agents aimed at enhancing the systemic antitumor immune response. One such method is the use of T cells that are genetically engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). The remarkable success of this approach in advanced hematologic malignancies has garnered much enthusiasm for using this novel tool in treating other cancers. However, multiple challenges have hampered the application of this therapy to a broader set of solid tumors, most notably lung cancer. Immunotherapy has already shown great success in lung cancer, and is now the first-line treatment in PD-L1 expressing metastatic disease. Given the mounting evidence that radiation therapy plays a crucial role in amplifying the immune response elicited by immunomodulatory agents, there is potential for radiation to help in overcoming some of these challenges. In this review, we describe the basic principles of CAR T cell therapy and examine its successes and challenges to date. We then discuss the preclinical and clinical data supporting the use of radiation with immunomodulatory agents with a focus on preclinical rationale for combining CAR T cells and radiation therapy in future experiments with a focus on lung cancer.

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Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR T cells)immunotherapyradiation therapy

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PMID28529898
PMCPMC5420544

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