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| Year : 2002 | Volume
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Trophoblastic malignancies unrelated to pregnancy : a report of two cases.
A Chandra, SG Raman, TG Sagar, A Ramanujam, SS Singh
Department of Medical Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
A Chandra
Department of Medical Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India
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Trophoblastic disease is usually related to pregnancy. Since the advent of modern chemotherapy, trophoblastic tumour has become one of the most curable malignancies. Trophoblastic disease can develop independently of gestation, but this is very rare. This case reports two unusual cases of metastatic choriocarcinoma several years after menopause and their last pregnancies. They demonstrated chemoresistance to the different chemotherapy regimens and died from advanced metastatic disease. |
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