title: Refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma treated surgically with polychemotherapy--case report.
abstract: The authors present the course of treatment of refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma in a 49-year-old woman was treated surgically by hysterectomy and resection of suprarenal gland metastases. During the treatment the patient received 15 courses of polychemotherapy with different protocols. After five years of treatment and seven years of follow-up there is no evidence of recurency of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petronijevic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vrzic-Petronijevic
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boskovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bratic
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vicovac
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozic
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human