Focused ultrasound and immunotherapy
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Background/introduction Thermal therapy has tremendous potential to augment the benefits of immunotherapy. The ability of heat to stimulate both general and tumor specific responses, in part through heat shock protein mediated mechanisms has been known for over two decades. Significant challenges persist however in translating these effects into predictable and meaningful clinical responses. More recently the association of radiation with immune stimulation and in some cases specific anti-tumor immune response has been defined.
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