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Radiation Therapy as a Modality to Create Abscopal Effects: Current and Future Practices

In our empathetic understanding of abscopal effect (AbE), research has shown that the immune system is stimulated by radiation, which results in the formation of an AbE. The AbE is referred to as a response from the irradiated volume. Despite the existence of key gaps in our understanding, there is...

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Autores principales: Adjepong, Dennis, Malik, Bilal Haider
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219048
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7054
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description In our empathetic understanding of abscopal effect (AbE), research has shown that the immune system is stimulated by radiation, which results in the formation of an AbE. The AbE is referred to as a response from the irradiated volume. Despite the existence of key gaps in our understanding, there is an urgent need to explore what the underlying effect is. The aim of this article is to argue neurosurgeons and the healthcare practitioner's knowledge of the AbE. Our goal is to identify more gaps in our understanding of the AbE and seal other gaps as well. This study will review medical journals and bring together the most updated information related to AbEs.
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spelling pubmed-70861112020-03-26 Radiation Therapy as a Modality to Create Abscopal Effects: Current and Future Practices Adjepong, Dennis Malik, Bilal Haider Cureus Radiation Oncology In our empathetic understanding of abscopal effect (AbE), research has shown that the immune system is stimulated by radiation, which results in the formation of an AbE. The AbE is referred to as a response from the irradiated volume. Despite the existence of key gaps in our understanding, there is an urgent need to explore what the underlying effect is. The aim of this article is to argue neurosurgeons and the healthcare practitioner's knowledge of the AbE. Our goal is to identify more gaps in our understanding of the AbE and seal other gaps as well. This study will review medical journals and bring together the most updated information related to AbEs. Cureus 2020-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7086111/ /pubmed/32219048 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7054 Text en Copyright © 2020, Adjepong et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Radiation Therapy as a Modality to Create Abscopal Effects: Current and Future Practices
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title_short Radiation Therapy as a Modality to Create Abscopal Effects: Current and Future Practices
title_sort radiation therapy as a modality to create abscopal effects: current and future practices
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086111/
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