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How do you compensate for treatment breaks >1 week in patients with NSCLC on concurrent chemoradiation?

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Radiation Oncology · Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

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...

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Radiation Oncology · Physician Health Partners

No treatment break is preferred, without escalating the total dose.

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