Surgery With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Esophagus
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-08-01
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 combining chemotherapy with surgery is more
effective than surgery alone.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without
combination chemotherapy in treating patients with cancer of the esophagus.