Surgery Plus Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Urinary Tract
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-06-01
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.
Combining surgery with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be an effective way to treat
cancer of the urinary tract.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining surgery, chemotherapy and
radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage II, stage III, or stage IV cancer of
the urinary tract .