Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect

Wilfred Ngwa; Omoruyi Credit Irabor; Jonathan D. Schoenfeld; Jürgen Hesser; Sandra Demaria; Silvia C. Formenti

doi:10.1038/nrc.2018.6

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Abscopal effectMedicineRadiation therapyImmunotherapyImmune systemImmunologyInternal medicine

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 18
Issue: 5
Pages: 313-322
Citations: 1125
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                                    Wilfred Ngwa, 
                                
                                    Omoruyi Credit Irabor, 
                                
                                    Jonathan D. Schoenfeld
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect. 
                            Nature reviews. Cancer
                            , 18
                            (5)
                            , 313-322.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2018.6
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2018.6