The central role of radiotherapy in remodeling the tumor immune microenvironment: mechanisms and therapeutic implications (opens in new tab)

Radiotherapy is an essential component of multidisciplinary cancer treatment. Its role has expanded from conventional local tumor eradication to active regulation of the tumor immune microenvironment. In recent years, emerging radiotherapy strategies, including FLASH radiotherapy, boron neutron capture therapy, lattice radiotherapy, spatially fractionated radiation therapy, precision particle therapy, immunomodulatory stereotactic body radiotherapy, and immune-optimized carbon ion therapy, ha...