Radiation Therapy Plus Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Nonmetastatic, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. 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 II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus paclitaxel in treating patients who have nonmetastatic, unresectable pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

1998-11

Primary completion

2001-06

Completion

2005-10

Publications

• Background Garofalo MC, Winter K, Regine WF, et al.: Recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) of prognostic factors in six Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trials of chemoradiotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer. [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 (3 Suppl 1): A-144, S80-1, 2006.
• Results Konski AA, Winter K, Khor L, et al.: Over-expression of RIa subunit (RIas) of protein kinase A may be a marker for favorable pancreatic cancer: an analysis of patients treated on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 98-12. [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 26-28 January 2006, San Francisco, California. A-148, 2006.
• Results Rich T, Harris J, Abrams R, Erickson B, Doherty M, Paradelo J, Small W Jr, Safran H, Wanebo HJ. Phase II study of external irradiation and weekly paclitaxel for nonmetastatic, unresectable pancreatic cancer: RTOG-98-12. Am J Clin Oncol. 2004 Feb;27(1):51-6. doi: 10.1097/01.coc.0000046300.88847.bf.
• Results Rich T, Harris J, Abrams R, et al.: A phase II study of external irradiation and weekly paclitaxel for non-metastatic, unresectable pancreatic cancer: a preliminary report of RTOG protocol 98-12. [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(3 suppl 1): A-51, 29-30, 2001.

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