Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery in Treating Patients With Stomach Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-06-01
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. Combining more than one drug and combining chemotherapy with
surgery may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well irinotecan and cisplatin followed by
surgery, floxuridine, and cisplatin work in treating patients with stomach cancer.
Phase:
Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
New York University School of Medicine NYU Langone Health