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Intravenous dendritic cell administration enhances suppression of lung metastasis induced by carbon-ion irradiation.
Journal of radiation research - 1 Jul 2017
Ando Ken, Fujita Hidetoshi, Hosoi Akihiro, Ma Liqiu, Wakatsuki Masaru, Seino Ken-Ichiro, Kakimi Kazuhiro, Imai Takashi, Shimokawa Takashi, Nakano Takashi
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Carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) is an advanced radiotherapy and has achieved good local control, even in tumors that are resistant to conventional photon beam radiotherapy (PBRT). However, distant metastasis control is an important issue. Recently, the combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy has attracted the attention. In immunotherapy, dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in the anti-tumor immune...
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