Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors, Ewing's Sarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, or Bone Cancer

Launched by MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER · Apr 23, 2004

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OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate and event-free survival of patients with peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors or Ewing's sarcoma treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide, and ifosfamide, followed by surgery (if feasible) and radiotherapy. II. Determine the response to a uniform treatment regimen in order to clarify whether these disease categories each have a different prognosis.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease category (primitive neuroectodermal tumor vs Ewing's sarcoma). Patients receive treatment on regimen A as outlined ...

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Eligibility criteria

• • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor, including peripheral neuroepithelioma or Askin tumor OR Diagnosis of localized or metastatic Ewing's sarcoma, including the following: Unresectable or metastatic small cell osteosarcoma Unresectable or metastatic other nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft-tissue sarcomas Unresectable or metastatic other non-osteosarcomatous bone sarcomas Desmoplastic small round-cell tumor Metastatic or non-metastatic Wilms' tumor Immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy, and/or chromosomal analysis may be required to rule out other small round cell neoplasms
• • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified
• • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified

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