Radiation Therapy Compared With Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage I Testicular Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-07-01
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. It
is not yet known whether chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy for testicular
cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of carboplatin with that of
radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage I testicular cancer.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Medical Research Council
Collaborator:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC