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In formula 150mg/m2/d, what does m2 stand for?
This is formula used to administer Temozolomide (temodar). Am trying to understand dosage given for treatment.
62 yr old, Female
asked Feb 20, 2010 at 04:25PM in Oncology/Cancer
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answered Feb 24, 2010 at 03:03PMThe M2 stands for "meter squared" and what they are measuring is the body surface area (BSA) in meters. Most people have a body surface area of around 1.7 - 2.
It is sort of like a size factor. The bigger you are the body surface area you have. It is sort of a measure of you or your body size.
There are lots of BSA calculators on the net, just use google or some other search engine to find one.
A meter is a bit over 39 inches. So if your had a BSA of 2 then if your stretched your skin out and made it into a square it would be 39 x 2 high and wide, or your skin would make up a square with
sides equaling about 78 inches.
So using the formula that you showed the calculation would be (again assuming your BSA = 2)
150 x 2 or 300mg
Hope this helps...........-
very interesting! Thanks!Gina Pera commented Feb 24, 2010 at 09:14PM
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