Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy and Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use 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.
Bone marrow transplantation may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by
chemotherapy or radiation therapy used to kill tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation using
unrelated bone marrow donors in treating patients who have hematologic cancer.