[HTML][HTML] Immunologic correlates of the abscopal effect in a patient with melanoma

MA Postow, MK Callahan, CA Barker… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
MA Postow, MK Callahan, CA Barker, Y Yamada, J Yuan, S Kitano, Z Mu, T Rasalan…
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012Mass Medical Soc
The abscopal effect is a phenomenon in which local radiotherapy is associated with the
regression of metastatic cancer at a distance from the irradiated site. The abscopal effect
may be mediated by activation of the immune system. Ipilimumab is a monoclonal antibody
that inhibits an immunologic checkpoint on T cells, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated
antigen 4 (CTLA-4). We report a case of the abscopal effect in a patient with melanoma
treated with ipilimumab and radiotherapy. Temporal associations were noted: tumor …
The abscopal effect is a phenomenon in which local radiotherapy is associated with the regression of metastatic cancer at a distance from the irradiated site. The abscopal effect may be mediated by activation of the immune system. Ipilimumab is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits an immunologic checkpoint on T cells, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4). We report a case of the abscopal effect in a patient with melanoma treated with ipilimumab and radiotherapy. Temporal associations were noted: tumor shrinkage with antibody responses to the cancer–testis antigen NY-ESO-1, changes in peripheral-blood immune cells, and increases in antibody responses to other antigens after radiotherapy. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.)
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