Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Stomach Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-07-01
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. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not
yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is most effective in treating advanced
stomach cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of different regimens of
combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have advanced stomach cancer.