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?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

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 an...

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