Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Hodgkin's Disease
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing
so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer
cells. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation may allow the doctor
to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and
peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have recurrent or refractory
Hodgkin's disease.