Actinomycin D and Vincristine With or Without Radiation Therapy, for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Low-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma or Undifferentiated Sarcoma: IRS-V Protocol
Actinomycin D and Vincristine With or Without Radiation Therapy, for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Low-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma or Undifferentiated Sarcoma: IRS-V Protocol
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in 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 chemotherapy is more effective with or without radiation therapy in treating patients who have rhabdomyosarcoma.
PURPOSE: Phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy in treating patients who have newly-diagnosed rhabdomyosarcoma.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups, depending on histology and site of disease.
Patients are followed every 3-4 months for 3 years (4 years after diagnosis), every 6 months for 1 year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 254 patients for group I will be accrued for this study within 6 years. Approximately 12 patients per year will be accrued for group II.
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed embryonal (EMB) rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) or botryoid or spindle cell variants of EMB RMS or embryonal ectomesenchymoma meeting 1 of the following criteria:
Must have ipsilateral lymph node dissection if age 10 or over with primary paratesticular cancer OR under age 10 with clinically positive regional lymph nodes
Low risk of recurrence
Previously untreated disease
No alveolar RMS or undifferentiated sarcoma
No intermediate-risk disease
No metastatic disease at diagnosis
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
Performance status:
Hematopoietic:
Hepatic:
Renal:
Other:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
Chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy
Radiotherapy
Surgery
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