A case report on radiotherapy in choriocarcinoma: a life saving procedure.
Radiation therapy was tried to control hemorrhage from uterine cavity in a case of choriocarcinoma in which surgery was not practically possible due to the presence of a large nodule extending from suburethral region up to anterior fornix involving the entire anterior vaginal wall and patient being in a very critical condition. Radiotherapy was found to be successful and life saving.
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Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital, New Delhi, India.
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Vidya
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D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*