Combination Chemotherapy and Tamoxifen in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and doxorubicin, work in different
ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Estrogen can stimulate
the growth of tumor cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen may fight cancer by blocking the
uptake of estrogen. Combining tamoxifen with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving cisplatin and doxorubicin together
with tamoxifen works in treating patients with solid tumors.