| Literature DB >> 32517461 |
Xinghao Ai1, Yong Cai2, Qian Chu3, Chengbo Han4, You Lu5, Songbing Qin6, Lin Wu7, Conghua Xie8, Zhiyong Yuan9, Wenzhao Zhong10, Xiaoxia Zhu11, Joe Y Chang12, Zhengfei Zhu13.
Abstract
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide as well as in China. For many years, conventional oncologic treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy (RT) have dominated the field of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The recent introduction of immunotherapy in clinical practice, led to a paradigm shift in lung cancer as in many other solid tumors. Recent pre-clinical and clinical data have shown RT may also modify antitumor immune responses through induction of immunogenic cell death and reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment. This has led many to reexamine RT as a partner therapy to immuno-oncology treatments and investigate their potential synergy in an exponentially growing number of clinical trials. Clinical trials combining radiotherapy and immunotherapy are attracting major attention, experts were invited to discuss frontier and controversial academic topics: (1) Recent developments of clinical synergy between radiation and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the treatment of NSCLC; (2) Will immunotherapy and radiotherapy increase the toxicity risk for cancer patients; (3) How to cope the mixed responses/disassociated responses phenomenon in checkpoint inhibition therapy to NSCLC with local ablative therapy; (4) Combining radiotherapy and immunotherapy in the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases.Entities:
Keywords: Adverse effects; Brain metastases; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Mixed responses; Neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Toxicity
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32517461 PMCID: PMC7309548 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2020.102.24
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi ISSN: 1009-3419