S0009 Combination Chemo and Surgery in Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug or combining chemotherapy with surgery may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy and surgery in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.

Timeline

Start

2001-03

Primary completion

2009-09

Completion

2009-11

Publications

• Results Tiersten AD, Liu PY, Smith HO, Wilczynski SP, Robinson WR 3rd, Markman M, Alberts DS. Phase II evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and debulking followed by intraperitoneal chemotherapy in women with stage III and IV epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer: Southwest Oncology Group Study S0009. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Mar;112(3):444-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.10.028. Epub 2009 Jan 12.

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