Radiotherapy and immune checkpoint blockades: A snapshot in 2016

Radiation Oncology Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 250-259

  Koo, Taeryool ^a   Kim, In Ah ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic t lymphocyte antigen 4; Immune checkpoint blockades; Programmed cell death 1 receptor; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ATEZOLIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; DOCETAXEL; DURVALUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IPILIMUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIVOLUMAB; PACLITAXEL; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1 ANTIBODY; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TICILIMUMAB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

EID: 85007552688     PISSN: 22341900     EISSN: 22343164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3857/roj.2016.02033     Document Type: Article

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