Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Cancer of the Head and Neck

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 gemcitabine in treating patients who have recurrent or metastatic adenoid cystic cancer of the head and neck.

Timeline

Start

2001-02

Primary completion

2003-04

Completion

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Publications

• Results van Herpen CM, Locati LD, Buter J, Thomas J, Bogaerts J, Lacombe D, de Mulder P, Awada A, Licitra L, Bernier J, Vermorken JB. Phase II study on gemcitabine in recurrent and/or metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck (EORTC 24982). Eur J Cancer. 2008 Nov;44(17):2542-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.08.014. Epub 2008 Sep 24.

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