Combining immunotherapy and radiotherapy for the STAR treatment

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Published online: 20 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41571-019-0277-2In the past few years, efforts have been made to combine two approaches — immune-checkpoint inhibition and locally ablative radiation therapy — to treat patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. Herein we discuss the implications of two studies that support the existence of a systemic therapy augmented by radiotherapy (STAR) effect in this setting.
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