Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Esophagus

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known whether surgery is more effective with or without chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer of the esophagus. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients who have cancer of the esophagus that can be surgically removed.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00003118
Run by
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
People needed
56
Starts
1997-10-01
Expected to finish
2000-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2016-07-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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