Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-12-01
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 radiation therapy with
chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of
fluorouracil-uracil and leucovorin plus radiation therapy in treating patients with
colorectal cancer who have undergone surgery to remove the tumor.