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Methotrexate with citrovorum factor rescue for gestational trophoblastic neoplasms.

Abstract
Thirty-five patients with nometastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasms and 3 patients with metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasms were treated primarily with methotrexate and citrovorum factor rescue. The antecedent pregnancy was molar in all patients. The known histologic diagnosis in 34 patients was hydatdiform mole and choriocarcinoma in 3. Up to March 1977, the duration of remissions ranged from 1 to 21 months. Complete and sustained remission was achieved in 91% of patients with nonmetastatic disease and in 2 of the 3 patients with metastases, without evidence of marrow or hepatic and with substantially reduced epithelial toxicity. Response to treatment and the number of courses required to achieve remission were determined solely on the basis of the human chorionic gonadotropin response as measured by the beta subunit radioimmunoassay.
AuthorsD P Goldstein, P Saracco, R Osathanondh, P R Goldstein, A R Marean, M R Bernstein
JournalObstetrics and gynecology (Obstet Gynecol) Vol. 51 Issue 1 Pg. 93-6 (Jan 1978) ISSN: 0029-7844 [Print] United States
PMID201893 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Leucovorin
  • Methotrexate
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow (drug effects)
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury (etiology)
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin (blood)
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Epithelium (drug effects)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Liver (drug effects)
  • Methotrexate (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications (drug therapy)
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms (drug therapy)
  • Uterine Neoplasms (drug therapy)

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