Radiation Therapy Plus Paclitaxel and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Cervical Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Paclitaxel and cisplatin may increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy by making the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy to the pelvis plus paclitaxel and cisplatin in treating patients who have cervical cancer.

Timeline

Start

1999-11

Primary completion

2007-01

Completion

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Publications

• Results DiSilvestro PA, Walker JL, Morrison A, Rose PG, Homesley H, Warshal D; Gynecologic Oncology Group. Radiation therapy with concomitant paclitaxel and cisplatin chemotherapy in cervical carcinoma limited to the pelvis: a phase I/II study of the Gynecologic Oncology Group. Gynecol Oncol. 2006 Dec;103(3):1038-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.06.017. Epub 2006 Aug 4.
• Results Walker J, Morrison A, DiSilvestro P, et al.: GOG protocol 9803: phase I evaluation of the treatment of invasive cervical cancer confined to the pelvis with combination of radiation and weekly cisplatin and paclitaxel. [Abstract] Int J Gynecol Cancer 14 (Suppl 1): A-157, 46, 2004.

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