Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2002-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Drugs used in
chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or
die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give
higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation in treating
patients who have hematologic cancer.