Abscopal effect
| Abscopal effect | |
|---|---|
| Term | Abscopal effect |
| Short definition | abscopal effect (ab-SKOH-pul eh-FEKT) Describes the shrinking or disappearance of tumors in parts of the body that are not the direct target of local therapy, such as B. radiotherapy were. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
abscopal effect - (pronounced) (ab-SKOH-pul eh-FEKT) Describes the shrinking or disappearance of tumors in parts of the body that are not the direct target of local therapy, such as B. radiotherapy were. It is believed that with the abscopal effect, the local therapy stimulates the immune system to fight cancer throughout the body. Learning more about the abscopal effect can help in the development of new cancer treatments, especially for metastatic cancer
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