Whole-Body Hyperthermia Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Sarcoma
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above
body temperature. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from
dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with whole-body hyperthermia may
kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of whole-body hyperthermia plus
combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have advanced sarcoma that is metastatic or
that cannot be surgically removed.