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Pulmonary Suffusion in Controlling Minimal Residual Disease in Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Bone Sarcoma, or Colorectal Cancer Metastatic to the Lungs

Trial Status: active

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects of pulmonary suffusion in controlling minimal residual disease in patients with soft tissue sarcoma, bone sarcoma or colorectal cancer that has spread to the lungs (metastatic). Pulmonary suffusion is a minimally invasive delivery of chemotherapeutic agents like cisplatin, doxorubicin, gemcitabine, or oxaliplatin to lung tissues. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Pulmonary suffusion may also be useful in avoiding later use of drugs by vein that demonstrate no effect on tumors when delivered locally.