Surgery With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stomach Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-12-01
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 may kill more tumor cells. It is not
known whether receiving chemotherapy before surgery may be more effective than surgery alone
in treating patients with stomach cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery plus combination
chemotherapy with surgery alone in treating patients with stomach cancer.