Metastasectomy for Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes: An Emerging Operative Indication in Surgical Oncology.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 29188500.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1245/s10434-017-6266-8 and PMC identifier 5758677.
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Abstract
Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is an emerging immunotherapy for metastatic cancer. Surgeons play a central role in ACT treatments by performing resection of tumors from which TILs are isolated. It is important that surgeons have familiarity with this emerging treatment method because it is increasingly performed for an expanding variety of solid tumors at institutions around the world. This report offers a brief introduction to ACT for cancer, highlights historical milestones in its development, and provides patient selection and operative considerations for surgeons called upon to perform metastasectomy for the purpose of isolating TILs.
Medical subject headings
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Metastasectomy
- Neoplasms
- Surgical Oncology