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Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Mouth Cancer

NCT00004901

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have advanced mouth cancer.

Timeline

Start
1999-10
Primary completion
Completion
2004-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Hydroxyurea Other / unclassified Oral
Subject ethynyluracil Unknown Oral
Subject fluorouracil Small molecule Oral

Indications