The role of pulmonary resection in the management of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: Two cases of durable remission following surgery for chemo-resistant disease

• GTN is typically a chemo-responsive and highly curative gynecologic malignancy. • Surgery may be beneficial in as many as 2/3 of patients with high-risk GTN. • In select patients, resection of drug-resistant pulmonary metastases is effective.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Staples, Jeanine N., Podwika, Sarah, Duska, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6804952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31693720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.100496
Descripción
Sumario:• GTN is typically a chemo-responsive and highly curative gynecologic malignancy. • Surgery may be beneficial in as many as 2/3 of patients with high-risk GTN. • In select patients, resection of drug-resistant pulmonary metastases is effective.

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