Adjuvant Chemotherapy Compared With Observation in Treating Patients With Resected Early Stage Ovarian Epithelial 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 may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of adjuvant therapy using platinum-based chemotherapy drugs with no adjuvant therapy in treating patients with early stage invasive ovarian epithelial cancer.

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1991-04

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Publications

• Background Colombo N, Trimbos JB, Guthrie D, et al.: ACTION + ICON1: two parallel randomised phase III trials comparing adjuvant chemotherapy to no adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery in women with high risk early ovarian cancer. [Abstract] Eur J Cancer 37 (suppl 6): A-1019, s276, 2001.
• Results Swart AC: Long-term follow-up of women enrolled in a randomized trial of adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage ovarian cancer (ICON1). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-5509, 276s, 2007.
• Results Guthrie D: ICON1: a randomised trial of immediate platinum-based chemotherapy against chemotherapy delayed until indicated in women with ovarian cancer. [Abstract] Br J Cancer 85 (suppl 1): A-9.1, 28, 2001.
• Results Vergote IB, Trimbos BJ, Guthrie D, et al.: Results of a randomized trial in 923 patients with high-risk early ovarian cancer, comparing adjuvant chemotherapy with no further treatment following surgery. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-802, 2001.

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