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Abscopal Effect after Palliative Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus
The abscopal effect is a rare phenomenon in the treatment of metastatic cancer where tumor regression occurs distant from the irradiated volume. It is thought that local radiation induces immunogenic cell death by systemically enhancing the host’s antitumor immune system. We present a rare case of t...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333943 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3089 |