Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastases to the Lymph Nodes in the Neck From an Unknown Primary Tumor

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Carcinoma of Unknown Primary

In brief

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy in different ways may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which regimen of radiation therapy is more effective in treating patients who have metastases to the lymph nodes in the neck. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different radiation therapy regimens in treating patients who have metastases to the lymph nodes in the neck from an unknown primary tumor.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00047125
Run by
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
People needed
600
Starts
2002-07-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-07-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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