Overview

Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-06-01
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. It is not yet known whether giving chemotherapy after surgery is more effective than surgery alone in treating soft tissue sarcoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without chemotherapy in treating patients who have soft tissue sarcoma.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Collaborator:
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
Treatments:
Doxorubicin
Ifosfamide
Isophosphamide mustard
Liposomal doxorubicin