Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The purpose of this study is to find out whether short-course radiation therapy (1 week instead of the usual 5 weeks) with chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel) is practical (feasible), meaning that most participants are able to complete the treatment schedule.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must have newly diagnosed endometrial carcinoma. The following histologic subtypes are eligible for inclusion: endometrioid, serous, clear cell, dedifferentiated/undifferentiated, mixed epithelial, adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified, and carcinosarcoma. * Surgery must have included a hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and pelvic lymph node surgical assessment (sentinel lymph node mapping and/or sampling). Para-aortic lymph node surgical assessment is optional. * Patients must have FIGO (2009) stage IIIA or IIIC1 disease (as determined by surgical…
After cycles 1, 2, 3 or 4 of chemotherapy, patients will receive IMRT to the vaginal cuff and pelvic lymph nodes with a total dose of 25 Gy delivered in 5 daily fractions of 5 Gy
Patients enrolled in this trial will receive chemotherapy with carboplatin IV AUC 5 at the discretion of the treating investigator plus paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 every 21 days for 6 cycles
Patients enrolled in this trial will receive chemotherapy with carboplatin IV AUC 5 at the discretion of the treating investigator plus paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 every 21 days for 6 cycles