Chemotherapy Combined With Radiation Therapy for Newly Diagnosed CNS AT/RT
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop tumor cells from
dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage
tumor cells. Giving more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more
tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving intrathecal and systemic combination
chemotherapy together with radiation therapy works in treating young patients with newly
diagnosed central nervous system (CNS) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors.