Radiotherapy (RT) is delivered for purposes of local control, but can also exert systemic
effect on remote and non-irradiated tumor deposits, which is called abscopal effect. The view …

Radiotherapy (RT) is currently used in more than 50% of cancer patients during the course
of their disease in the curative, adjuvant or palliative setting. RT achieves good local control …

Immunotherapies based on T cells have gained significant success in the treatment of
diverse cancers, however, several limitations also exist, including low response, acquired …

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 …

Radiation therapy (RT) is a cornerstone in oncologic management and is employed in
various curative and palliative scenarios for local-regional control. RT is thought to locally …

Radiotherapy has been used for more than a hundred years to cure or locally control tumors.
Regression of tumors outside of the irradiated field was occasionally observed and is known …

Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the main components in the treatment of cancer. The better
understanding of the immune mechanisms associated with tumor establishment and how RT …

Abscopal effect is an interesting phenomenon in radiobiology that causes activation of
immune system against cancer cells. Traditionally, this phenomenon was known as a …

Radiotherapy (RT) is still one of the standard cancer therapies, with up to two third of all
cancer patients with solid tumors being irradiated in the course of their disease. The aim of …

Even though there is extensive research carried out in radiation oncology, most of the
clinical studies focus on the effects of radiation on the local tumor tissue and deal with …