Abscopal effect in pulmonary carcinoid tumor following ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy: a case report

Abstract Background The abscopal effect was described as early as the 1950s, when untreated tumors demonstrated a response after radiation therapy was delivered to an untreated, distant site. The mechanisms underlying this global response to otherwise localized therapy remain unknown, though there i...

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Main Authors: Samuel A. Kareff, Jonathan W. Lischalk, Rebecca Krochmal, Chul Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-020-02512-8