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Researchers uncover ‘hidden key’ to immunotherapy for intractable brain tumors

Written by David Miller

Researchers have uncovered a clue to why immune checkpoint inhibitors—cancer therapies that release the immune "brakes" exploited by tumors to evade attack—show limited efficacy in some brain tumors. A KAIST research team found that B-cell and antibody responses initiated in tumor-draining lymph nodes, rather than T cells alone, are critical to the antitumor effects of anti-CTLA-4 therapy, opening a new…

Source: Medical Xpress

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