Inflammatory microenvironment remodelling by tumour cells after radiotherapy

M McLaughlin, EC Patin, M Pedersen, A Wilkins… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is revolutionizing the way we think
about cancer treatment. Even so, for most types of cancer, only a minority of patients …

DNA damage and repair biomarkers of immunotherapy response

KW Mouw, MS Goldberg, PA Konstantinopoulos… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
DNA-damaging agents are widely used in clinical oncology and exploit deficiencies in tumor
DNA repair. Given the expanding role of immune checkpoint blockade as a therapeutic …

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 …

Safety and clinical activity of pembrolizumab and multisite stereotactic body radiotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors

JJ Luke, JM Lemons, TG Karrison… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) may stimulate innate and adaptive immunity
to augment immunotherapy response. Multisite SBRT is an emerging paradigm for treating …

Role of local radiation therapy in cancer immunotherapy

S Demaria, EB Golden, SC Formenti - JAMA oncology, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
The recent success of cancer immunotherapy has demonstrated the power of the immune
system to clear tumors, generating renewed enthusiasm for identifying ways to induce …

Radiotherapy combination opportunities leveraging immunity for the next oncology practice

FG Herrera, J Bourhis, G Coukos - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately one‐half of patients with newly diagnosed cancer and many patients with
persistent or recurrent tumors receive radiotherapy (RT), with the explicit goal of eliminating …

Opportunities and challenges of radiotherapy for treating cancer

D Schaue, WH McBride - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
The past 20 years have seen dramatic changes in the delivery of radiation therapy, but the
impact of radiobiology on the clinic has been far less substantial. A major consideration in …

Radiotherapy and immune response: the systemic effects of a local treatment

HA Carvalho, RC Villar - Clinics, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Technological developments have allowed improvements in radiotherapy delivery, with
higher precision and better sparing of normal tissue. For many years, it has been well known …

TGFβ is a master regulator of radiation therapy-induced antitumor immunity

C Vanpouille-Box, JM Diamond, KA Pilones, J Zavadil… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
T cells directed to endogenous tumor antigens are powerful mediators of tumor regression.
Recent immunotherapy advances have identified effective interventions to unleash tumor …

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 …