The researchers noted that the addition of total body irradiation did result in a new adverse event. (cancernetwork.com)
Adding total body irradiation to preparative lymphodepletion chemotherapy prior to the adoptive cell transfer of tumor - infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) had no effect on tumor regression in patients with metastatic melanoma, according to the results of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. (cancernetwork.com)
Once cells are collected, the dogs undergo total body irradiation in an attempt to kill all the remaining cancer cells in the body. (cvm.ncsu.edu)