Is concurrent administration of intraocular Avastin for macular degeneration a concern when planning SBRT for lung cancer?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I am currently treating a patient who received intraocular Avastin a week prior to starting SBRT. I tried to post it but your question was received a little earlier! For my patient, intraocular dose was 1.5mg vs. a normal systemic dose of 5-10mg/kg. So likely at least 2 orders of magnitude less assu...
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The dose of Intravitreal Avastin given for neovasc...
We made the same assumption and proceeded. Thanks ...