Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Retinoblastoma
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-09-01
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.
Bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs
and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation
therapy followed by bone marrow transplantation in treating patients who have retinoblastoma.