Radiotherapy and immunology

L Wang, C Lynch, SP Pitroda, A Piffkó, K Yang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
The majority of cancer patients receive radiotherapy during the course of treatment,
delivered with curative intent for local tumor control or as part of a multimodality regimen …

Mechanisms and applications of radiation-induced oxidative stress in regulating cancer immunotherapy

Z Zheng, J Su, X Bao, H Wang, C Bian, Q Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Radiotherapy (RT) is an effective treatment option for cancer patients, which induces the
production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and causes oxidative stress (OS), leading to …

A phase I/Ib trial and biological correlate analysis of neoadjuvant SBRT with single-dose durvalumab in HPV-unrelated locally advanced HNSCC

LB Darragh, MM Knitz, J Hu, ET Clambey, J Backus… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Five-year survival for human papilloma virus-unrelated head and neck squamous cell
carcinomas remain below 50%. We assessed the safety of administering combination …

Phase II clinical trial of neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab in resectable local–regionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

TM Wise-Draper, S Gulati, S Palackdharry… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Patients with resected, local–regionally advanced, head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) have a one-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate of 65%–69% despite …

Targeted and immune-based therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

TF Greten, CW Lai, G Li, KF Staveley-O'Carroll - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Treatment options for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are rapidly changing based on
positive results from phase 3 trials of targeted and immune-based therapies. More agents …

Resistance to radiotherapy and PD-L1 blockade is mediated by TIM-3 upregulation and regulatory T-cell infiltration

A Oweida, MK Hararah, A Phan, D Binder… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) can transform the immune landscape and render poorly
immunogenic tumors sensitive to PD-L1 inhibition. Here, we established that the response to …

The current knowledge concerning solid cancer and therapy

M Najafi, J Majidpoor, H Toolee… - Journal of biochemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solid cancers comprise a large number of new cases and deaths from cancer each year
globally. There are a number of strategies for addressing tumors raised from solid organs …

ATR inhibition potentiates the radiation-induced inflammatory tumor microenvironment

MT Dillon, KF Bergerhoff, M Pedersen… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: ATR inhibitors (ATRi) are in early phase clinical trials and have been shown to
sensitize to chemotherapy and radiotherapy preclinically. Limited data have been published …

Damage-associated molecular patterns in tumor radiotherapy

M Ashrafizadeh, B Farhood, AE Musa, S Taeb… - International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is one of the most common modalities for the treatment of cancer. One of the
most promising effects of radiotherapy is immunologic cell death and the release of danger …

Immune system in cancer radiotherapy: Resistance mechanisms and therapy perspectives

K Mortezaee, M Najafi - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a common modality for more than half of cancer patients. Classically,
radiation is known as a strategy to kill cancer cells via direct interaction with DNA or …