Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Thyroid Cancer

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Head and Neck 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. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have previously untreated anaplastic thyroid cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00004089

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Starts

1999-08-01

Expected to finish

2002-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-07-10

Who can join

Age: 15 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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