ReviewBritish journal of cancer2025
The abscopal effects of sonodynamic therapy in cancer.
Review in British journal of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy and safety of low- and high-intensity focused ultrasound in glioblastoma: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies.British journal of cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Ultrasound-activated CuJournal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- Antigen Spreading via Localized Administration Enhances Adoptive TCR-T Cell Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- A Self-Immunoregulatory Nanosensitizer for Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Immunotherapy Landscape of Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Targeting the Cancer-Immunity Cycle and Future Perspectives.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Ultrasound-Responsive Engineered Bacteria for Targeted Cancer Therapy: Strategies, Mechanisms, and Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Histotripsy-mediated reactive oxygen species generation in vitro.Ultrasonics · 2026Article
- Next-generation dynamic and combinatorial nanotherapies for liver cancer: mechanisms, current advances and future perspectives.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Biosynthetic OMVs with endogenous GM-CSF loading for ultrasound-triggered in situ cancer vaccination.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- Stimuli-responsive nanoplatforms for sonodynamic immunotherapy: opportunities and challenges in cancer treatment.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- From Mechanism to Clinic: Engineered Bacteria-Nanomaterial Hybrid Systems for Cancer Immunotherapy.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Harnessing ultrasound-responsive technologies for precision periodontitis therapy: a perspective.Theranostics · 2026Review
- An Active-Targeted ZIF8-Based Nanotheranostic Platform for Ultrasound Imaging-Guided Synergistic Therapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Article
- Targeting Lysosomes for Enhanced Anti-Cancer Therapeutics and Immune Response.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Exosome-Enhanced Sonodynamic Therapy in Cancer: Emerging Synergies and Modulation of the Tumor Microenvironment.Cancers · 2025Review
- Ultrasound-activatable transition metal complexes to potentiate sonodynamic therapy.Chemical science · 2025Review
- Focused Ultrasound for Sarcomas: A Narrative Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- Leveraging Immunological Properties of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles to Improve Cancer Therapy.RNA nanomed · 2025Article
- Case Report: Abscopal effect of radiotherapy in a patient with metastatic duodenal adenocarcinoma and resistance to chemoimmunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Research progress on the induction of immunogenic cell death in tumor immunotherapy using a sonodynamic therapy nanoparticle delivery system.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
The abscopal effect is a phenomenon wherein localised therapy on the primary tumour leads to regression of distal metastatic growths. Interestingly, various pre-clinical studies utilising sonodynamic therapy (SDT) have reported significant abscopal effects, however, the mechanism remains largely enigmatic. SDT is an emerging non-invasive cancer treatment that uses focussed ultrasound (FUS) and a sonosensitiser to induce tumour cell death. To expand our understanding of abscopal effects of SDT, we have summarised the preclinical studies that have found SDT-induced abscopal responses across various cancer models, using diverse combination strategies with nanomaterials, microbubbles, chemotherapy, and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Additionally, we shed light on the molecular and immunological mechanisms underpinning SDT-induced primary and metastatic tumour cell death, as well as the role and efficacy of different sonosensitisers. Notably, the observed abscopal effects underscore the need for continued investigation into the SDT-induced 'vaccine-effect' as a potential strategy for enhancing systemic anti-tumour immunity and combating metastatic disease. The results of the first SDT human clinical trials are much awaited and are hoped to enable the further evaluation of the safety and efficacy of SDT, paving the way for future studies specifically designed to explore the potential of translating SDT-induced abscopal effects into clinical reality.
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