Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
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Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so
they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not
yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective for cancer of unknown
primary origin.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two different regimens of
combination chemotherapy in treating patients with cancer of unknown primary origin.