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In a patient with both Stage III NSCLC and another concurrent high risk malignancy, how do you sequence consolidation durvalumab with local therapy for the concurrent cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Tennessee Oncology

I pretty frequently see either 1) concurrent LA-HNSCC and stage III lung, or 2) concurrent stage III and stage I NSCLCs. I wouldn't pause or delay the durva in either scenario. Quite a bit of literature now supporting the safety of concurrent RT (even high dose per fraction/SBRT) and immune checkpoi...

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Radiation Oncology · UCLA | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

We are in a data free zone regarding the safety of concurrent durva + RT that delivers full doses to a mucosal structure until we see AE data from PACIFIC-2.

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