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How would you manage a patient with newly diagnosed locally advanced NSCLC and concurrent, active tuberculosis on anti-TB therapy?

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Medical Oncology · UCLA

Excellent question @Dr. First Last!

Assuming the patient is otherwise a good candidate for concurrent chemoRT, my bias would be to proceed with concurrent therapy once the 3 negative AFBs are available, rather than pursue sequential RT then chemo.

This recommendation is based upon the observation th...

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