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Radiation and immunotherapy combination can destroy both primary and secondary tumors

sblairc
sblairc CSN Member Posts: 585 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

I hear over a year and a half ago this was a promising up and coming way to treat cancers previously "untreatable" with radiation. 

 

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-05-immunotherapy-combination-primary-secondary-tumors.html

 

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  • foxhd
    foxhd CSN Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    edited May 2016 #2
    I'm attempting

    to use SBRT or stereotactic radiation combined with nuvolumab, an immunologic therapy to accomplish the same thing. It's called the "escopal"effect. I've a few more weeks before follow up scans. I hope I have a response like I usually do to my treatments. At least for another year.

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  • NewDay
    NewDay CSN Member Posts: 272
    #3
    Let's go for 2.

    Fox, 

    I hope that for you as well, but let's shoot for 2.

    Kathy

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