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放射治疗对前列腺癌抗肿瘤免疫的调节作用

Effect of Radiation Therapy on Antitumor Immunity in Patients with Prostate Cancer

  • 摘要: 前列腺癌(PCa)是全球男性最常见的泌尿系统恶性肿瘤,其发病率逐年攀升。放射治疗是前列腺癌的主要治疗手段之一,但部分患者在根治性放疗后仍面临复发、局部进展或远处转移的问题。近年来,免疫治疗在多种实体瘤中展现出显著疗效,然而,由于前列腺癌固有的免疫逃逸机制,其免疫治疗反应仍不尽如人意。因此,探索新型联合策略以提升前列腺癌免疫治疗疗效成为迫切需求。近年来,随着对肿瘤免疫微环境研究的深入,放疗的免疫调节作用逐渐受到关注。研究表明,放射剂量差异可导致不同的免疫效应:低剂量放疗能重塑肿瘤微环境并增强免疫原性,而高剂量放疗则可直接诱导肿瘤细胞免疫原性坏死,进而激活天然免疫信号通路。基于此,放疗与免疫治疗的协同作用成为当前的研究热点。本文系统综述放疗对前列腺癌抗肿瘤免疫的调控机制,阐明放疗联合免疫治疗的最新进展和潜在临床价值,以期为前列腺癌免疫联合治疗的优化策略提供理论依据和新的研究方向。

     

    Abstract: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common urological malignancy in men worldwide, and its incidence is increasing annually. Radiotherapy is one of the main treatment methods for PCa. However, some patients still have recurrence, local progression, and even distant metastasis after receiving radical radiotherapy. As an emerging tumor treatment strategy, immunotherapy has made great progress in the treatment of various solid tumors. Owing to the inherent immune escape mechanism of PCa, the efficacy of immunotherapy is unsatisfactory. Therefore, new combined strategies must be explored to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy for PCa. With the in-depth study of the tumor immune microenvironment, the immunomodulatory effect of radiotherapy has gradually attracted attention. Researchers found that the immunomodulatory effect of radiotherapy depends on the dose. Low-dose radiotherapy can enhance tumor immunogenicity by remodeling the tumor microenvironment, whereas high-dose radiotherapy can further activate the innate immune signaling pathway by directly inducing the immunogenic necrosis of tumor cells. Therefore, the synergistic strategy of radiotherapy and immunotherapy has become a research hotspot. This work aims to review the regulatory effect of radiotherapy on PCa antitumor immunity, clarify the latest progress and potential clinical value of radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy, and provide a theoretical basis and new research directions for optimizing the combination immunotherapy strategies for prostate cancer.

     

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