Biomedical Engineering
Non-thermal histotripsy tumor ablation promotes abscopal immune responses that enhance cancer immunotherapy
In plain English
In mouse tumor models, mechanical histotripsy ablation stimulated immune responses at treated and untreated sites and enhanced checkpoint immunotherapy. These are preclinical findings, not evidence of the same benefit in human patients.
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