Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced, Persistent, or Recurrent Cervical Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of capecitabine in treating patients who have advanced, persistent, or recurrent cervical cancer.

Timeline

Start

2001-04

Primary completion

2007-07

Completion

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Publications

• Results Garcia AA, Blessing JA, Darcy KM, Lenz HJ, Zhang W, Hannigan E, Moore DH. Phase II clinical trial of capecitabine in the treatment of advanced, persistent or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix with translational research: a gynecologic oncology group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Mar;104(3):572-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.09.002. Epub 2006 Oct 17.

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