Radiation Therapy Plus Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Stage IIB or Stage III Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2000-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus paclitaxel in treating patients with stage IIB or stage III breast cancer.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern California
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel; Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin; Liposomal doxorubicin; Paclitaxel; Tamoxifen

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven, untreated, locally advanced breast cancer; stage IIB (T3 N0), IIIA, or IIIB Measurable disease Not inflammatory breast cancer or other stage IIB (T2 N1) No distant metastases except for positive ipsilateral supraclavicular nodes

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and 6 months after treatment Medically and psychologically stable

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior therapy of any type