Clinical trials: Anal Neoplasms

Anal Cancer

Radiation Therapy Plus Fluorouracil With or Without Additional Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Primary Anal Cancer

• Completed
• Age: All ages
• Phase 3
• Surgery or procedure

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

Trial name

NCT00025090

Testing

cisplatin, fluorouracil, mitomycin C

Where

13 sites in United Kingdom

Volunteers

600 people

Sponsor

University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute