Irradiation may help CAR-T cell therapy work better against solid tumors

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a promising new way to improve CAR-T cell therapy for solid tumors such as lung cancer and melanoma. The study, published in Nature Cancer, found that focused irradiation, a targeted therapy that delivers high-energy beams to stun rapidly growing cells such as cancer, can help CAR-T cells survive longer and work more effectively inside tumors.