Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors, Ewing's Sarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, or Bone Cancer

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 or combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy in treating patients with peripheral neuroectodermal tumors, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilms' tumor, or bone cancer.

Timeline

Start

1990-05

Primary completion

2005-05

Completion

2005-05

Publications

• Results Kushner BH, LaQuaglia MP, Wollner N, Meyers PA, Lindsley KL, Ghavimi F, Merchant TE, Boulad F, Cheung NK, Bonilla MA, Crouch G, Kelleher JF Jr, Steinherz PG, Gerald WL. Desmoplastic small round-cell tumor: prolonged progression-free survival with aggressive multimodality therapy. J Clin Oncol. 1996 May;14(5):1526-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.5.1526.
• Results Kushner BH, Meyers PA, Gerald WL, Healey JH, La Quaglia MP, Boland P, Wollner N, Casper ES, Aledo A, Heller G, et al. Very-high-dose short-term chemotherapy for poor-risk peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors, including Ewing's sarcoma, in children and young adults. J Clin Oncol. 1995 Nov;13(11):2796-804. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1995.13.11.2796.
• Results Meyers PA, Gardner S, Lindsley K, et al.: High-risk Ewing's sarcoma (ES)/primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of bone: consolidation with total body irradiation (TBI), melphalan, and autologous stem cell reconstitution. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 14: A-1447, 451, 1995.
• Results Kushner BH, Meyers PA, Cheung NK, et al.: Very high-dose short-term chemotherapy for poor-risk solid tumors in children and young adults. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 12: A-1416, 413, 1993.

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