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SUBMITTER: Bloy N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4292758 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oncoimmunology 20141001 9
During the past two decades, it has become increasingly clear that the antineoplastic effects of radiation therapy do not simply reflect the ability of X-, β- and γ-rays to damage transformed cells and directly cause their permanent proliferative arrest or demise, but also involve cancer cell-extrinsic mechanisms. Indeed, among other activities, radiotherapy has been shown to favor the establishment of tumor-specific immune responses that operate systemically, underpinning the so-called 'out-of- ...[more]