How do you compensate for treatment breaks >1 week in patients with NSCLC on concurrent chemoradiation?
Do you use BID treatments toward the end? Do you add additional daily treatments to exceed the prescription dose? Would you alter systemic therapy dose or scheduling?
Community PollStarted
How do you compensate for treatment breaks >1 week in patients with NSCLC on concurrent chemoradiation?
58 physicians have voted
Join Mednetto vote and see how they answered.
2 Answers
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Radiation Oncology · Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Answered on
Classical radiobiology dictates that some sort of treatment intensification could be indicated for a locally advanced NSCLC patient whose chemoradiotherapy course is interrupted. Though many of my patients have treatment interruptions for a variety of reasons, I almost never increase the total presc...
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer
Mednet Member
Radiation Oncology · Physician Health Partners
Answered on
No treatment break is preferred, without escalating the total dose.
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer