Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Women Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Newly Diagnosed, Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different
ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving chemotherapy
before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed. Combining paclitaxel with
carboplatin may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving paclitaxel together with carboplatin
works in treating women who are undergoing surgery for newly diagnosed, locally advanced
breast cancer.