Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk Endometrial 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. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy with chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone in treating high-risk endometrial cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying radiation therapy and chemotherapy to see how well they work compared to radiation therapy alone in treating patients with high-risk endometrial cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2010-07

Publications

• Background Hogberg T, Signorelli M, de Oliveira CF, Fossati R, Lissoni AA, Sorbe B, Andersson H, Grenman S, Lundgren C, Rosenberg P, Boman K, Tholander B, Scambia G, Reed N, Cormio G, Tognon G, Clarke J, Sawicki T, Zola P, Kristensen G. Sequential adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in endometrial cancer--results from two randomised studies. Eur J Cancer. 2010 Sep;46(13):2422-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.06.002. Epub 2010 Jul 7.
• Results Hogberg T, Rosenberg P, Kristensen G, et al.: A randomized phase-III study on adjuvant treatment with radiation (RT) ± chemotherapy (CT) in early-stage high-risk endometrial cancer (NSGO-EC-9501/EORTC 55991). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-5503, 274s, 2007.

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