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How Accurate/Relevant is<br />

BSA-Based Dos<strong>in</strong>g ?<br />

• Use of BSA arises from <strong>in</strong>terspecies dos<strong>in</strong>g<br />

(animals <strong>to</strong> humans) <strong>in</strong> Phase 1 studies.<br />

• BSA does not correlate well <strong>to</strong> drug clearance<br />

plasma or tumour levels.<br />

• Errors <strong>in</strong> BSA calculation (DuBois and<br />

DuBois, Arch. Int.Med 1916 : 17 :863-71)<br />

• No basis for physiological scal<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong><br />

species

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