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Immunological Significance of the ICI-PIT-ICI Sequence in Recurrent Oral Cancer: A Narrative Review with Illustrative Cases.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · Suzuki T, Kumagai K, Hasegawa O, Okui T, Aoki R, Kato K, Masuda C, Ohashi Y, Hamada Y, Horie A · 2026-07-10

Researchers reviewed evidence for combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with photoimmunotherapy (a targeted light-based treatment) in recurrent oral cancer, presenting two cases where patients achieved complete responses alongside characteristic immune activation patterns during treatment.

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