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Article: Clinical outcome of micrometastasis in the lung in stage IA persistent gestational trophoblastic disease

TitleClinical outcome of micrometastasis in the lung in stage IA persistent gestational trophoblastic disease
Authors
KeywordsCT thorax
Drug response
Micrometastasis
Recurrence
Stage IA PGTD
Issue Date1998
PublisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ygyno
Citation
Gynecologic Oncology, 1998, v. 70 n. 2, p. 192-194 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax can be used in the staging of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (PGTD). However, the prognostic significance of micrometastasis in the lung detected by CT of the thorax has not been well documented. The aim of the study is to define the effect of micrometastasis on the clinical course of the disease. Methods. Thirty-five patients who had nonmetastatic GTD underwent CT thorax examination before treatment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong. All patients had workups which showed no evidence of metastasis and were diagnosed as FIGO stage IA. They all received methotrexate (MTX) infusion therapy. Results. Three groups of patients were identified based on the thorax CT findings. Sixteen patients (45.7%) showed no evidence of micrometastasis on CT thorax. Two of them (12.5%) had poor response to MTX with unsatisfactory fall in serum hCG levels requiring change of chemotherapy to actinomycin D. Nine patients had suspicious micrometastasis and one (11.1%) of them needed change of MTX. Ten patients had micrometastasis and one (10%) of them needed change of MTX. There was only one recurrence and it was in the suspicious micrometastasis group (11.1%). There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of poor drug response or recurrence among the three groups of patients. Conclusions. Micrometastases in the lung do not affect the clinical outcome of patients with FIGO stage IA disease. CT thorax is not essential in the staging of GTD.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87071
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dc.contributor.authorNgan, HYSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, FLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorAu, VWKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, DKLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNg, TYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, LCen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:24:57Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:24:57Z-
dc.date.issued1998en_HK
dc.identifier.citationGynecologic Oncology, 1998, v. 70 n. 2, p. 192-194en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0090-8258en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87071-
dc.description.abstractBackground. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax can be used in the staging of persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (PGTD). However, the prognostic significance of micrometastasis in the lung detected by CT of the thorax has not been well documented. The aim of the study is to define the effect of micrometastasis on the clinical course of the disease. Methods. Thirty-five patients who had nonmetastatic GTD underwent CT thorax examination before treatment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong. All patients had workups which showed no evidence of metastasis and were diagnosed as FIGO stage IA. They all received methotrexate (MTX) infusion therapy. Results. Three groups of patients were identified based on the thorax CT findings. Sixteen patients (45.7%) showed no evidence of micrometastasis on CT thorax. Two of them (12.5%) had poor response to MTX with unsatisfactory fall in serum hCG levels requiring change of chemotherapy to actinomycin D. Nine patients had suspicious micrometastasis and one (11.1%) of them needed change of MTX. Ten patients had micrometastasis and one (10%) of them needed change of MTX. There was only one recurrence and it was in the suspicious micrometastasis group (11.1%). There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of poor drug response or recurrence among the three groups of patients. Conclusions. Micrometastases in the lung do not affect the clinical outcome of patients with FIGO stage IA disease. CT thorax is not essential in the staging of GTD.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ygynoen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofGynecologic Oncologyen_HK
dc.subjectCT thoraxen_HK
dc.subjectDrug responseen_HK
dc.subjectMicrometastasisen_HK
dc.subjectRecurrenceen_HK
dc.subjectStage IA PGTDen_HK
dc.titleClinical outcome of micrometastasis in the lung in stage IA persistent gestational trophoblastic diseaseen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailNgan, HYS:hysngan@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1006/gyno.1998.5088en_HK
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