Surgery With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stomach Cancer
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
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 if surgery alone or surgery combined with
chemotherapy is more effective in treating stomach cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without
combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have stage II, stage III, or stage IV
stomach cancer.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC