Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin or Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Cervix
Cervical Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Cervical Cancer focused on measuring stage III cervical cancer, stage IIB cervical cancer, stage IVA cervical cancer, cervical squamous cell carcinoma, cervical adenocarcinoma, cervical adenosquamous cell carcinoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Primary, previously untreated, histologically confirmed invasive squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix stage IIB, IIIB, or IVA Negative para-aortic lymph nodes determined by lymphangiogram, CT, MRI, or lymphadenectomy (excluding suspicious para-aortic lymph nodes) Para-aortic lymphadenectomy must be performed extraperitoneally or by laparoscopy No histologically confirmed cancer involving the para-aortic lymph nodes, intraperitoneal disease, or positive peritoneal cytology No recurrent invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix, regardless of previous treatment or cervix cancers other than squamous cell, adenosquamous, or adenocarcinoma No carcinoma of the cervical stump PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: GOG 0-3 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal SGOT and alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Other: No septicemia or severe infection Not pregnant Negative pregnancy test Effective contraception required of fertile patients No other invasive malignancy unless disease free for at least 5 years and no prior cancer treatment that contraindicated this protocol therapy No concomitant malignancy other than nonmelanomatous skin cancer Must complete smoking history questionnaire and provide urine specimen for cotinine analysis PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiation therapy to the pelvis Surgery: No prior hysterectomy
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Greater Phoenix
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Women's Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Fred J. Woods Radiation Therapy Center/St. Joseph's Cancer Institute
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- CCOP - Evanston
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
- Medicine Branch
- Radiation Oncology Branch
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Washington University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- North Shore University Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- CCOP - Sooner State
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- CCOP - Baptist Cancer Institute
- Brookview Research, Inc.
- Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia HSC
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Tacoma General Hospital
- NCIC-Clinical Trials Group