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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?

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Radiation Oncology · Tennessee Oncology

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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