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		softjobs 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tum... It's called the abscopal effect; see e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8537037/

f6v 15 days ago [–]

Yes, we were doing a clinical trial where the primary tumor was irradiated which causes antigen release. The patients were given immune checkpoint inhibitors at the same time to activate immune cells. It's promising but tricky.

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