[HTML][HTML] Combined radio-immunotherapy: An opportunity to increase the therapeutic ratio of oligometastasis-directed radiotherapy

WT Turchan, SP Pitroda, RR Weichselbaum - Neoplasia, 2022 - Elsevier
Neoplasia, 2022Elsevier
The utility of radiotherapy as a means of palliating symptoms due to metastatic cancer is well-
accepted. A growing body of literature suggests that radiotherapy may play a role beyond
palliation in some patients with low-burden metastatic disease. Recent data suggest that
oligometastasis-directed radiotherapy may improve progression-free and even overall
survival in select patients. Immunotherapy also has a growing role in the management of
patients with metastatic cancer and, like radiotherapy, appears to be most effective in the …
Abstract
The utility of radiotherapy as a means of palliating symptoms due to metastatic cancer is well-accepted. A growing body of literature suggests that radiotherapy may play a role beyond palliation in some patients with low-burden metastatic disease. Recent data suggest that oligometastasis-directed radiotherapy may improve progression-free and even overall survival in select patients. Immunotherapy also has a growing role in the management of patients with metastatic cancer and, like radiotherapy, appears to be most effective in the setting of low-volume disease. Thus, the addition of immunotherapy may be a feasible means of increasing the therapeutic ratio of metastasis-directed radiotherapy, particularly among patients with oligometastatic cancer.
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