Refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma treated surgically with polychemotherapy--case report

M Petronijevic; S Vrzic-Petronijevic; V Boskovic; D Bratic; L Vicovac; M Bozic

Refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma treated surgically with polychemotherapy--case report

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2006;27(5):523-5.

Authors

M Petronijevic¹, S Vrzic-Petronijevic, V Boskovic, D Bratic, L Vicovac, M Bozic

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

PMID: 17139992

Abstract

The authors present the course of treatment of refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma in a 49-year-old woman was treated surgically by hysterectomy and resection of suprarenal gland metastases. During the treatment the patient received 15 courses of polychemotherapy with different protocols. After five years of treatment and seven years of follow-up there is no evidence of recurency of the disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
Choriocarcinoma / drug therapy*
Choriocarcinoma / secondary
Choriocarcinoma / surgery
Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / blood
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Humans
Hysterectomy
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Pregnancy
Uterine Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human