Therapy Based on Stage of Disease and Risk Assessment in Treating Children With Neuroblastoma
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-09-01
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. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow
the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. Radiation
therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known which treatment
regimen is most effective in treating patients with different stages of and risk factors for
neuroblastoma.
PURPOSE: Phase III trial to study the effectiveness of therapy based on stage of disease and
risk assessment in treating children with neuroblastoma.