Radiation Therapy Before Surgery Compared With Chemotherapy Plus Radiation After Surgery in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,800

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 1998

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2010

Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
DRUG

fluorouracil

DRUG

leucovorin calcium

PROCEDURE

adjuvant therapy

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

PROCEDURE

neoadjuvant therapy

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Trial Locations (9)

T2N 4N2

Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary, Calgary

R3E 0V9

CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg

E2L 4L2

Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John

K7L 5P9

Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital, Kingston

K1H 1C4

Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus, Ottawa

L2R 5K3

St. Catharines General Hospital at Niagara Health System, St. Catharines

M4N 3M5

Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto

J4V 2H1

Hopital Charles Lemoyne, Greenfield Park

DD1 9SY

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

NCIC Clinical Trials Group

NETWORK

lead

Medical Research Council

OTHER_GOV

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