Refractory metastatic choriocarcinoma treated surgically with polychemotherapy - case report

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.

Choriocarcinoma; Metastasis; Suprarenal gland; Polychemotherapy

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