Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in
chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or
die. It is not yet known if radiation therapy plus chemotherapy is more effective than
radiation therapy alone in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy with or
without chemotherapy in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer.