Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect

W Ngwa, OC Irabor, JD Schoenfeld, J Hesser… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
More than 60 years ago, the effect whereby radiotherapy at one site may lead to regression
of metastatic cancer at distant sites that are not irradiated was described and called the …

Systemic effects of local radiotherapy

SC Formenti, S Demaria - The lancet oncology, 2009 - thelancet.com
Radiotherapy is generally used to treat a localised target that includes cancer. Increasingly,
evidence indicates that radiotherapy recruits biological effectors outside the treatment field …

Combining radiotherapy and cancer immunotherapy: a paradigm shift

SC Formenti, S Demaria - JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The therapeutic application of ionizing radiation has been largely based on its cytocidal
power combined with the ability to selectively target tumors. Radiotherapy effects on survival …

[HTML][HTML] DNA exonuclease Trex1 regulates radiotherapy-induced tumour immunogenicity

C Vanpouille-Box, A Alard, MJ Aryankalayil… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Radiotherapy is under investigation for its ability to enhance responses to immunotherapy.
However, the mechanisms by which radiation induces anti-tumour T cells remain unclear …

Fractionated but not single-dose radiotherapy induces an immune-mediated abscopal effect when combined with anti–CTLA-4 antibody

MZ Dewan, AE Galloway, N Kawashima… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: This study tested the hypothesis that the type of dose fractionation regimen
determines the ability of radiotherapy to synergize with anti–CTLA-4 antibody. Experimental …

Ionizing radiation inhibition of distant untreated tumors (abscopal effect) is immune mediated

S Demaria, B Ng, ML Devitt, JS Babb… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Ionizing radiation can reduce tumor growth outside the field of radiation, known
as the abscopal effect. Although it has been reported in multiple malignancies, the abscopal …

Immune-mediated inhibition of metastases after treatment with local radiation and CTLA-4 blockade in a mouse model of breast cancer

S Demaria, N Kawashima, AM Yang, ML Devitt… - Clinical Cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: Ionizing radiation therapy (RT) is an important component in the management of
breast cancer. Although the primary tumor can be successfully treated by surgery and RT …

Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death

O Kepp, L Senovilla, I Vitale, E Vacchelli… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Apoptotic cells have long been considered as intrinsically tolerogenic or unable to elicit
immune responses specific for dead cell-associated antigens. However, multiple stimuli can …

Previous radiotherapy and the clinical activity and toxicity of pembrolizumab in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: a secondary analysis of the KEYNOTE-001 …

N Shaverdian, AE Lisberg, K Bornazyan… - The lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Preclinical studies have found radiotherapy enhances antitumour immune
responses. We aimed to assess disease control and pulmonary toxicity in patients who …

Translational control in cancer

D Silvera, SC Formenti, RJ Schneider - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Remarkable progress has been made in defining a new understanding of the role of mRNA
translation and protein synthesis in human cancer. Translational control is a crucial …