Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD, on Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Oligometastatic Disease
AACR Virtual Annual Meeting 2020 IIRalph R. Weichselbaum, MD, of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, explores the question of whether radiotherapy is the principal curative treatment with immunotherapy or activates immunotherapy. He also discussed how to improve the interaction of these treatments, perhaps with vaccination, transfer of genetically engineered T cells, or checkpoint inhibitors (Session ED37).
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