Pulmonary resection for tissue harvest in adoptive tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy: Safety and feasibility.
Erin M BayleyKyle G MitchellNicolas ZhouChantale BernatchezMarie-Andrée ForgetCara L HaymakerWayne L HofstetterReza J MehranRavi RajaramDavid C RiceJack A RothBoris SepesiStephen G SwisherAra A VaporciyanGarrett L WalshRodabe N AmariaAmir A JazaeriMara B AntonoffPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)
Pulmonary TIL harvest is safe and feasible, without major postoperative events in our cohort. All patients were able to receive intended ACT infusion without delays. Therefore, thoracic surgeons should actively participate in ongoing ACT trials and aggressively seek to enroll patients on these protocols.