The 46th David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award Lecture: Oligometastasis-From Conception to Treatment.
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Abstract
Metastasis from most adult solid tumors generally has been considered to be widespread and incurable. Here, I present clinical and molecular data to support the hypothesis that some metastases are limited in number and pace and are curable with ablative therapies. I advance the hypothesis that immunotherapy combined with radiotherapy may be a general strategy to increase the number of patients with metastatic cancer amenable to cure. I further suggest that, in the context of ablative radiotherapy, the potential synergies between immunotherapy and radiotherapy are principally within the local tumor microenvironment and require treatment of all or most sites of metastatic disease. Improvements in the molecular staging of metastasis, immunotherapy strategies, and radiotherapy delivery are likely to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic cancer.