Would you offer lung SBRT to a medically inoperable patient with systemic lupus erythematosus or other connective tissue disorders if well controlled?
If so, do you take any additional precautions with planning?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
This is a very timely and clinically relevant question that had intrigued us for quite a while. Thus, we looked into our over 10 year experience at UCLA for 197 adult patients with collagen vascular disease. This work was recently published in JAMA Open Network: Yoon et al., PMID 33599771.The h...