Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Lung Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel in treating patients who have unresectable stage IIIB, stage IV or recurrent lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

1997-01

Primary completion

2002-08

Completion

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Publications

• Results Scagliotti GV, Smit E, Bosquee L, O'Brien M, Ardizzoni A, Zatloukal P, Eberhardt W, Smid-Geirnaerdt M, de Bruin HG, Dussenne S, Legrand C, Giaccone G; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Cancer Group (LCG). A phase II study of paclitaxel in advanced bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (EORTC trial 08956). Lung Cancer. 2005 Oct;50(1):91-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2005.05.012.

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