Surgery With or Without Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-09-01
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. Giving combination chemotherapy with radiation therapy before
surgery may shrink the tumor so it can be removed during surgery. It is not yet known if
surgery is more effective with or without radiation therapy and chemotherapy in treating
esophageal cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without
radiation therapy and chemotherapy in treating patients who have esophageal cancer.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive
Collaborators:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group Groupe Cooperateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie (GERCOR) Societe Francaise de Radiotherapie Oncologique UNICANCER