Case Report
Abscopal effect in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia during radiation therapy: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Preethi B Lakshmanagowda blpreethi97@gmail.com
1 Department of Physiology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India
2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
3 Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
4 Department of Radiation Physics, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
Cases Journal 2009, 2:204 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-204
Published: 18 November 2009Abstract
Radiotherapy has a significant impact on the local tumor environment and its distant component. Abscopal effect is the bystander effect of radiotherapy observed at a site distant to that irradiated within the same subject. Abscopal effect even though described, is not a common clinical event. We report a documented observation of abscopal effect in a patient of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia during radiation therapy.