This phase I/II trial studies the side effects of pulmonary suffusion in controlling minimal residual disease in patients with sarcoma or colorectal carcinoma that has spread to the lungs. Pulmonary suffusion is a minimally invasive delivery of chemotherapeutic agents like cisplatin to lung tissues. Drugs used in chemotherapy, 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. Pulmonary suffusion may also be useful in avoiding later use of drugs by vein that demonstrate no effect on tumors when delivered locally.
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Incidence of local toxicities (Phase I)
Timeframe: Up to 2 years
Recommended phase II dose (Phase I)
Timeframe: Up to 5 years
Local recurrence (Phase II)
Timeframe: From resection until local recurrence in the suffused lung or last clinic follow-up, assessed up to 2 years