TITLE:
Is Use of Radiation Hormesis the Missing Link to a Better Cancer Treatment?
AUTHORS:
Paul A. Oakley
KEYWORDS:
Cancer, Radiation Hormesis, Abscopal Effect, Therapy
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.6 No.7,
July
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: Radiation hormesis is a
concept that pervades radiobiological exposures; low doses enhance immune
response, while higher doses inhibit immune response. Low-dose Total-Body
Irradiation (TBI) therapy offers radiation treatment to cancer patients using
the concepts of radiation hormesis and show very good success rates. This
phenomenon has been reported elsewhere as the “abscopal effect” and considering
the marginal success rates of other treatment agents, like the immunotherapy
drug Ipilimumab, TBI therapy may prove to be the missing link to a better
cancer treatment.