The Red Devil
Hi Believe
It goes by body surface area. I saw a chart for "average" body surface area.
It was 1.95 sq.m for men and 1.60 sq.m for women
The general amount of adria is 550 mg/m2, so if you multiply that out, it would be 1073mg for men and 880mg for females.
I think it is cumulative for all the "rubicin" drugs. (doxorubicin)
The 550 number is the amount considered safest (?) for avoiding heart damage.
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