gestational trophoblastic disease/diarrhea

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of a regimen of etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide, and vincristine in patients with metastatic, high-risk gestational trophoblastic tumors. METHODS Twelve women with metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma received 64 treatment

OBJECTIVE To describe different chemotherapy regimens used in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). METHODS A retrospective study of GTN cases from January 1999 to December It is important 2004 at Philippine General CONCLUSIONS In the Philippine General Hospital, methotrexate

OBJECTIVE To analyze the efficacy of floxuridine (FUDR)-containing regimens in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic tumor (GTT). METHODS Seventy-four patients with GTT, 47 with invasive mole and 27 with choriocarcinoma were treated with FUDR-containing regimens. Clinical staging of the disease

Large dosage of 5-fluorouracil given by slow intravenous infusion has proved to be very effective in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic neoplasms. From 1965 through 1975, 5-fluorouracil was used as a single chemotherapeutic agent in 173 cases of invasive mole and 139 cases of

OBJECTIVE To analyse the efficacy of the floxuridine (FUDR)-containing regime (single agent or in combination) in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic tumor. METHODS Seventy-four patients with gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT), 47 invasive mole and 27 choriocarcinoma, were treated with

Although 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) combination chemotherapy provides a satisfactory therapeutic response in patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTNs), it has severe side effects. The current study analyzed the therapeutic effects and side effects of tegafur plus actinomycin D (Act-D) vs.