Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Esophagus
Study Information
Alliance Study ID: CALGB-9781
NCT Study ID (ClinicalTrials.gov): NCT00003118
Alliance Committee: Gastrointestinal Cancer
Disease or Cancer Type: Gastrointestinal Cancers – Pancreatic / Gastric / Esophageal / Liver / Biliary
Alliance Study Chair: Mark Krasna, MD
Status: COMPLETED
Study Description
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. It is not yet known whether surgery is more effective with or without chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer of the esophagus.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery with or without combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients who have cancer of the esophagus that can be surgically removed.
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