Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent, Refractory, or Metastatic Solid Tumors or Lymphomas

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 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining gemcitabine, fluorouracil, and leucovorin in treating patients with recurrent, refractory, or metastatic solid tumors or lymphomas.

Timeline

Start

1998-08

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-06

Publications

• Background Wright MA, Schuler B, Szabo E, Grem JL. Sustained partial response of an intra-abdominal desmoid tumor treated with gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin. Ann Oncol. 2003 Apr;14(4):659-60. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdg155. No abstract available.

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