ArticleJournal of medical case reports2020
Abscopal effect in pulmonary carcinoid tumor following ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy: a case report.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-targeted effects of stereotactic radiotherapy: a review of the evidence coming from the clinical field.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2025Pooled it
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- Radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and cryoablation-induced abscopal effect: Challenges and future prospects.Cancer innovation · 2023Review
- Early-Stage Primary Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: A Multi-Institution Experience.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2023Article
- Predicting the Abscopal Effect: Associated Tumor Histologic Subtypes and Biomarkers.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2023Review
- Abscopal Effect on Bone Metastases from Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Retrospective Analysis of Challenge within a Challenge.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Mechanism of exosomes in the tumor microenvironment in the abscopal effect (Review).International journal of oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe abscopal effect was described as early as the 1950s, when untreated tumors demonstrated a response after radiation therapy was delivered to an untreated, distant site. The mechanisms underlying this global response to otherwise localized therapy remain unknown, though there is increasing evidence that increased antigen expression following ablative radiotherapy may play a role. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 69-year-old African American woman with a history of metastatic typical pulmonary carcinoid with multiple lung nodules who had a significant decrease in size of an untreated left upper lobe nodule after stereotactic body radiation therapy to an oligoprogressive left lower lobe lesion.
conclusionsTo our knowledge, this report describes the first case of an abscopal effect in a typical pulmonary carcinoid. Further research is needed regarding the mechanisms responsible for this finding and the role of combining radiation therapy and cancer immunotherapy in patients with pulmonary carcinoid tumors.
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