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ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2022

Combined radio-immunotherapy: An opportunity to increase the therapeutic ratio of oligometastasis-directed radiotherapy.

William Tyler Turchan, Sean P Pitroda, Ralph R Weichselbaum

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Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

William Tyler TurchanUniversity of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, 5758 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.
Sean P PitrodaUniversity of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, 5758 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.
Ralph R WeichselbaumUniversity of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, 5758 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States. Electronic address: rrw@radonc.uchicago.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The utility of radiotherapy as a means of palliating symptoms due to metastatic cancer is well-accepted. A growing body of literature suggests that radiotherapy may play a role beyond palliation in some patients with low-burden metastatic disease. Recent data suggest that oligometastasis-directed radiotherapy may improve progression-free and even overall survival in select patients. Immunotherapy also has a growing role in the management of patients with metastatic cancer and, like radiotherapy, appears to be most effective in the setting of low-volume disease. Thus, the addition of immunotherapy may be a feasible means of increasing the therapeutic ratio of metastasis-directed radiotherapy, particularly among patients with oligometastatic cancer.

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NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapy

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PMID35303578
PMCPMC8931441

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