In patients with multiple basal cell carcinoma lesions on vismodegib, would you hold vismodegib while delivering radiation therapy to one locally advanced BCC lesion that was not amenable to surgery?
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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan Medical School
I agree. Based on the recently published paper in JCO (Barker et al., PMID 38630954), vismodegib can be safely administered with radiation therapy for locally advanced BCC. RT + vismodegib yielded high rates of control and progression free survival.
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center