title: [A case of metastatic choriocarcinoma responding to combination chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin].
abstract: A 53-year-old woman with choriocarcinoma (high-risk gestational trophoblastic disease: FIGO score 17) was treated with paclitaxel (175 mg/m(2)) and carboplatin (AUC=5). The patient was treated with an EMA/CO regimen as initial chemotherapy, but she developed EMA/CO-induced interstitial lung disease after the 3rd course of treatment. After high-dose steroid therapy, she received combination chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin. Her hCG-/b dropped to <0.1 ng/mL after 11 courses of the chemotherapy. A paclitaxel+carboplatin regimen is potentially effective for high-risk GTD, but a more effective combination or schedule with a platinum-taxane regimen should be explored.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beppu Medical Center.
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inatomi
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumioki
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel