High-Dose Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Nose or Throat Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may
kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy use
different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining
high-dose radiation with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining high-dose radiation therapy
with chemotherapy in treating patients who have newly diagnosed stage II, stage III, or stage
IV nasopharyngeal cancer.