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Original Article

Treatment and Prognosis of met Astatic Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

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Pages 299-302 | Received 01 Nov 1982, Accepted 02 Dec 1982, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Three cases with metastasized choriocarcinoma are reported. The basic chemotherapeutic regimen was methotrexate and actinomycin D, combined with cyclo-phosphamide or vinblastine. Surgery was used in the treatment of both primary and metastatic lesions. The chief indications for hysterectomy arise when chemotherapy has obviously failed. Thoracotomy was performed for a pulmonary metastasis and nephrectomy for a metastasis of the kidney. Craniotomy was performed to control the brain hemorrhage. Aggressive multidrug chemotherapy is considered necessary as the primary treatment for high-risk cases of trophoblastic disease.

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