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Radiation Therapy Following Surgery to Remove Brain Metastases

NCT00003320 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2020-08-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy after surgery to remove brain metastases may decrease the amount of radiation required to treat brain metastases.

PURPOSE: Pilot trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy following surgery to remove brain metastases.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

surgical procedure

RADIATION

radiation therapy

RADIATION

stereotactic radiosurgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judith M. Ford, MD, PhD · Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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