NKTR-214 immunotherapy synergizes with radiotherapy to stimulate systemic CD8+ T cell responses capable of curing multi-focal cancer

Background High-dose radiotherapy (RT) is known to be immunogenic, but is rarely capable of driving clinically relevant abscopal antitumor immunity as monotherapy. RT is known to increase antigen presentation, type I/II interferon responses, and immune cell trafficking to irradiated tumors. Bempegal...

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Main Authors: Melissa J Kasiewicz, Michael J McNamara, Joshua M Walker, Annah S Rolig, Daniel C Rose, Ian F Hilgart-Martiszus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000464.full