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Filter by:This study will evaluate the most effective radiation dose. Patients will be randomized (like flipping a coin) to receive either low dose stereotactic radiotherapy (defined as "14 Gy") or high dose stereotactic radiotherapy (defined as 18 Gy).
This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and mechanism of action of multiple doses of QAX576 in patients with pulmonary fibrosis secondary to systemic sclerosis
RATIONALE: A positron emission tomography scan is a procedure in which a small amount of radioactive sugar is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where tumor cells are found. This study is looking at whether the drug zoledronic acid interferes with the ability of a PET scan to find tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well positron emission tomography works when given together with zoledronic acid in finding tumor cells in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Erlotinib may also make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. It is not yet known whether giving whole-brain radiation therapy together with erlotinib is more effective than whole-brain radiation therapy alone in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer and brain metastases. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying whole-brain radiation therapy and erlotinib to see how well they work compared with whole-brain radiation therapy alone in treating patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and brain metastases.
RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well conformal radiation therapy works in treating patients with metastatic cancer outside the brain.
RATIONALE: Cryoablation kills cancer cells by freezing them. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays and other types of radiation to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether cryoablation is more effective than external-beam radiation therapy in treating painful bone metastases. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III clinical trial is studying cryoablation to see how well it works compared with external-beam radiation therapy in treating patients with painful bone metastases.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether RTA 744 is effective in the treatment of breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of short-duration pre-operative FOLFOX based therapy on postoperative problems after liver surgery for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Primary objectives of this study is to evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on time to progression after tamoxifen treatment in pre- or postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer. Furthermore, we will evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on clinical benefit and response duration to tamoxifen administration in pre- or postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer and also evaluate the effects of CYP2D6 genotypes on the steady state plasma concentration of tamoxifen and its metabolites
Objective: - To evaluate the efficacy of the use of the combination of oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and bevacizumab (FOLFOX-B) in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases, with the objective to downstage hepatic disease and enable complete resection of residual disease. Primary Objective: - To evaluate the resection rate in patients with initially unresectable hepatic colorectal metastases downstaged with FOLFOX-B. Complete resection of all liver lesions is the goal. Secondary Objectives: - To evaluate the probability of complete response, partial response or stable disease. - To evaluate the proportion of patients who are resected, and the proportion of patients achieving an R0 resection (among those receiving surgery). - To correlate survival with downstaging and resection based on metastatic colorectal prognostic score. - To evaluate the disease-free survival and overall survival. - To evaluate the positron emission tomography response rate. - To explore correlations of clinical response with telomerase and hTERT expression.