Normal pregnancy after successful treatment of choriocarcinoma with cerebral metastases. A case report.
Pregnancy after treatment of choriocarcinoma with cerebral metastases is uncommon. We treated a patient successfully with less-toxic chemotherapeutic agents than those advocated by others together with whole brain irradiation. She subsequently had two uneventful pregnancies.
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D012074:Remission Induction; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D010446:Peptide Fragments