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For patients with metastatic cancer on a systemic therapy regimen that includes bevacizumab, are you comfortable treating brain metastases (SRS or WBRT) without holding bevacizumab?

Why does this differ when treating extracranial sites (lung, pelvis) where we hold bevacizumab prior to RT?
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Radiation Oncology · Tennessee Oncology
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Multiple prospective trials have demonstrated the safety of combined bevacizumab and radiosurgery (from both recurrent GBM and brain mets) with some data to actually demonstrate a protective effect against radionecrosis. No significantly increased synergistic risk of intracranial bleed has been obse...

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