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Nature Communications  ·  7 July 2026  ·  From issue 03

Anti-PD-1 plus anti-CTLA-4 blockade overcomes immune exclusion in NSCLC brain metastases by enhancing CD8+ T cell responses and promoting tertiary lymphoid structure formation

Combining two immune drugs worked better than one drug against lung cancer that spread to the brain.

Kazutaka Hosoya, Hiroaki Ozasa et al.

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