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Metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor. Report of a case with complete response to chemotherapy
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Metastatic placental site trophoblastic tumor. Report of a case with complete response to chemotherapy
J Reprod Med.
2001 Mar.
Abstract
Background: Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is a rare form of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, commonly insensitive to chemotherapeutic agents.
Case: We report on long-term remission in a patient with metastatic PSTT after etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide and vincristine combination chemotherapy. The 27-year-old patient with metastatic lung PSTT was alive, without evidence of disease, > 40 months after treatment.
Conclusion: Treatment with multiagent chemotherapy can produce long-term remission, even in patients with metastatic PSTT.
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