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SUBMITTER: Gkika E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9981559 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gkika Eleni E Firat Elke E Adebahr Sonja S Graf Erika E Popp Ilinca I Radicioni Gianluca G Lo Simon S SS Nestle Ursula U Nicolay Nils H NH Niedermann Gabriele G Duda Dan G DG Grosu Anca-L AL
NPJ precision oncology 20230302 1
We performed a prospective study of circulating immune cell changes after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in 50 early-stage NSCLC patients. We found no significant increase in CD8<sup>+</sup> cytotoxic T lymphocytes at first follow-up (the primary endpoint) but detected a significant increase in expanding Ki-67<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> and Ki-67<sup>+</sup>CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell fractions in patients treated with 10 Gy or less per fraction. SBRT can induce significant expansion in circul ...[more]