More Than Just Tumor Destruction: Immunomodulation by Thermal Ablation of Cancer

Over the past decades, thermoablative techniques for the therapy of localized tumors have gained importance in the treatment of patients not eligible for surgical resection. Anecdotal reports have described spontaneous distant tumor regression after thermal ablation, indicating a possible involvemen...

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Main Authors: Sebastian P. Haen, Philippe L. Pereira, Helmut R. Salih, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Cécile Gouttefangeas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/160250