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Would you offer SBRT for a lung lesion adjacent to the heart in a patient receiving bevacizumab?

If so, what safety precautions would you have?
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Radiation Oncology · Quillen VA Medical Center
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This question has lingered. Why is the patient on bevacizumab? Is the lesion biopsied and distinct histology? SBRT can be delivered in as few as 1 or 3 fractions, motion managed with no or mm margins. Hold the anti-VEGF a week before and after (no data).
A biopsy helps define malignancy type and pot...

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