Diagnosis, classification and treatment of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
| Autor: | Andressa Biscaro, Antônio Braga, Ross Stuart Berkowitz |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 42-51 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0100-7203 72032014 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/SO100-720320140005198 |
| Popis: | Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is the term to describe a set of malignant placental diseases, including invasive mole, choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumor and epithelioid trophoblastic tumor. Both invasive mole and choriocarcinoma respond well to chemotherapy, and cure rates are greater than 90%. Since the advent of chemotherapy, low-risk GTN has been treated with a single agent, usually methotrexate or actinomycin D. Cases of high-risk GTN, however, should be treated with multiagent chemotherapy, and the regimen usually selected is EMA-CO, which combines etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide and vincristine. This study reviews the literature about GTN to discuss current knowledge about its diagnosis and treatment. |
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