Radiation and immunotherapy combination can destroy both primary and secondary tumors
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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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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