Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Surgery in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Cancer of the Vulva
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-01-20
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This phase II trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy together with cisplatin
followed by surgery works in treating patients with locally advanced cancer of the vulva.
Drugs used in chemotherapy such as cisplatin 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. Giving chemotherapy with radiation therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor
so it can be removed during surgery.