[HTML][HTML] Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose?

S Demaria, C Guha, J Schoenfeld, Z Morris… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent evidence indicates that ionizing radiation can enhance immune responses to
tumors. Advances in radiation delivery techniques allow hypofractionated delivery of …

[HTML][HTML] Low dose ionizing radiation effects on the immune system

K Lumniczky, N Impens, G Armengol, S Candéias… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ionizing radiation interacts with the immune system in many ways with a multiplicity that
mirrors the complexity of the immune system itself: namely the need to maintain a delicate …

Low-dose targeted radionuclide therapy renders immunologically cold tumors responsive to immune checkpoint blockade

RB Patel, R Hernandez, P Carlson… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Molecular and cellular effects of radiotherapy on tumor microenvironment (TME) can help
prime and propagate antitumor immunity. We hypothesized that delivering radiation to all …

Radiotherapy and immunotherapy: a beneficial liaison?

RR Weichselbaum, H Liang, L Deng… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
Investigations into the interaction between radiotherapy and the host immune system have
uncovered new mechanisms that can potentially be exploited to improve the efficacy of …

Immunomodulation of the tumor microenvironment: turn foe into friend

H Locy, S De Mey, W De Mey, M De Ridder… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy, where the patient's own immune system is exploited to eliminate tumor
cells, has become one of the most prominent new cancer treatment options in the last …

Safety of combining radiotherapy with immune-checkpoint inhibition

WL Hwang, LRG Pike, TJ Royce, BA Mahal… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4),
programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), or programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) have …

A review on lymphocyte radiosensitivity and its impact on radiotherapy

H Paganetti - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
It is well known that radiation therapy causes lymphopenia in patients and that this is
correlated with a negative outcome. The mechanism is not well understood because …

[HTML][HTML] The promise of combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy

JC Jagodinsky, PM Harari, ZS Morris - International Journal of Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of immunotherapy in oncology builds upon many years of scientific
investigation into the cellular mechanics underlying interactions between tumor cells and …

Role of radiation therapy in modulation of the tumor stroma and microenvironment

H Menon, R Ramapriyan, TR Cushman… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, there has been substantial growth in our understanding of the immune
system and its role in tumor growth and overall survival. A central finding has been the cross …

Radiation sensitivity of human and murine peripheral blood lymphocytes, stem and progenitor cells

D Heylmann, F Rödel, T Kindler, B Kaina - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2014 - Elsevier
Immunodeficiency is a severe side effect of radiation therapy, notably at high radiation
doses. It may also impact healthy individuals exposed to environmental ionizing radiation …