Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Cancer of the Esophagus
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2001-06-01
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. It is not known whether chemotherapy before surgery is more
effective than surgery alone in treating cancer of the esophagus.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without
chemotherapy in treating patients with stage II or stage III cancer of the esophagus.