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Testing the Treatment of Radiation and Cisplatin Chemotherapy for Patients with Disease which Has Spread and Been Detected in the Sentinel Nodes in Surgically Resected Vulvar Cancer, (GROINSS-V) III Trial

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial studies the effect of radiation and cisplatin in treating patients with vulvar cancer that has spread to the sentinel lymph nodes, instead of proceeding with extensive groin node dissection followed by radiation. Radiation therapy uses high energy sources to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, 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. Giving radiation and cisplatin may shrink cancer and also be a safer alternative to an extensive groin dissection followed by radiation in patients with vulvar cancer that has spread to the sentinel nodes.