Topotecan in Treating Women With Persistent or Recurrent Cervical Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as topotecan, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well topotecan works in treating women with persistent or recurrent cervical cancer.

Timeline

Start

2005-02

Primary completion

2010-01

Completion

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Publications

• Results Fiorica JV, Blessing JA, Puneky LV, Secord AA, Hoffman JS, Yamada SD, Buekers TE, Bell J, Schilder JM; Gynecologic Oncology Group. A Phase II evaluation of weekly topotecan as a single agent second line therapy in persistent or recurrent carcinoma of the cervix: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Nov;115(2):285-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.07.024. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

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