Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB NSCLC
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy 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.
Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it
can be removed during surgery.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by
radiation therapy before surgery in treating patients who have stage IIIB non-small cell lung
cancer.