New attack on deadly skin cancer: Double-Duty treatment before surgery

NCT ID NCT03921008

Summary

This study is testing a two-step treatment for a rare and aggressive skin cancer called angiosarcoma. First, patients receive a chemotherapy drug (paclitaxel) for several weeks, then they continue that drug while also receiving radiation therapy. The goal is to shrink the tumor and control the disease before patients undergo surgery to remove it, aiming to improve survival.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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