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Would you consider palliative radiation for a bone metastasis while patient is on pembrolizumab and axinitib?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine
If the dose to the hollow organs (in this case, the esophagus) is low, it should be OK to give axitinib (with anti-angiogenetic property) concurrently with RT. If the amount of lung exposed to radiation is small, it should be safe to give pembro (risk of pneumonitis) together. The above comments are...