Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery or Radiation Therapy in
Treating Patients With Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop
tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving a
chemotherapy drug before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it
can be removed during surgery. Radiation therapy uses high-
energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known whether
chemotherapy followed by surgery with or without radiation
therapy is more effective than chemotherapy followed by
radiation therapy alone in treating non-small cell lung cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness
of chemotherapy followed by surgery with or without radiation
therapy to that of chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy
alone in treating patients who have stage III non-small cell
lung cancer. Procedure: conventional surgery Radiation:
radiation therapy |Study Design:||Allocation: Randomized Primary
Purpose: Treatment |Official Title:||RA