Abscopal Effect Following Proton Beam Radiotherapy in a Patient With Inoperable Metastatic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma

Abscopal Effect Following Proton Beam Radiotherapy in a Patient With Inoperable Metastatic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma

Background: Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) are rare and primarily managed with surgery, which improves local recurrence-free and overall survival. Radiation can improve local control or provide palliation for inoperable or metastatic RPS by eliciting tumor cell death via irreparable DNA damage. In e...

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Main Authors: Randall J. Brenneman, Nima Sharifai, Benjamin Fischer-Valuck, Comron Hassanzadeh, Jeffrey Guzelian, John S. A. Chrisinger, Jeff M. Michalski, Peter Oppelt, Brian C. Baumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
retroperitoneal sarcoma
abscopal effect
proton therapy
metastasis
SMARCB1
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00922/full

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