title: Implications of the Bystander and Abscopal Effects of Radiation Therapy.
abstract: Siva and colleagues have demonstrated that localized thoracic radiation resulted in DNA damage at out-of-field sites. Although these interesting findings require validation, we discuss the important clinical implications of these data, especially in the era of immune therapies. Clin Cancer Res; 22(19); 4763-5. ©2016 AACRSee related article by Siva et al., p. 4817.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. SHLin@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D024201:Bystander Effect; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; D004249:DNA Damage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms