Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Docetaxel and cisplatin may also make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Giving docetaxel and cisplatin together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving docetaxel and cisplatin together with radiation therapy works in treating patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.

Timeline

Start

2004-03

Primary completion

2008-02

Completion

2010-08

Publications

• Results Ruhstaller T, Templeton A, Ribi K, Schuller JC, Borner M, Thierstein S, von Moos R, Pederiva S, Lohri A, Lombriser N, von Briel C, Koeberle D, Popescu R. Intense therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer beyond hope for surgical cure: a prospective, multicenter phase II trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK 76/02). Onkologie. 2010;33(5):222-8. doi: 10.1159/000305094. Epub 2010 Apr 9.

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