Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-03-01
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
radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of various schedules of
radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy using vinblastine and cisplatin or cisplatin
and etoposide in treating patients with stage II or stage III non-small cell lung cancer that
cannot be removed surgically.