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- Title
Abscopal effect of high-dose-rate brachytherapy on pelvic bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma: a case report.
- Authors
Gen Suzuki; Koji Masui; Hideya Yamazaki; Tadashi Takenaka; Syunsuke Asai; Hidefumi Taniguchi; Terukazu Nakamura; Osamu Ukimura; Kei Yamada
- Abstract
Radiation therapy is considered an optimal partner for immunotherapies. Several pre-clinical studies have demonstrated that regression of distant metastases, at remote non-irradiated sites of the body, termed the "abscopal effect", can be achieved by an appropriate timing and combination of radiation with immunotherapy. However, nearly all pre-clinical and clinical studies evaluating a combination of radiation and immunotherapies have used external beam radiation therapy. We present in this case report, the abscopal effect observed in a 30-year-old Japanese woman with metastatic renal cell carcinoma after the treatment with high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy combined with nivolumab. This is the first published report demonstrating an abscopal effect following brachytherapy for human malignancy. Our case indicates that immuno-oncology effects are not limited to external beam irradiation regimens as they can also be attained by brachytherapy.
- Subjects
RENAL cell carcinoma; RADIOTHERAPY; PELVIC bones; BONE metastasis; RADIOISOTOPE brachytherapy
- Publication
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 5, p458
- ISSN
1689-832X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5114/jcb.2019.89365