Publication year
2013Source
Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 58, 5-6, (2013), pp. 224-8ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Chemical Endocrinology
Gynaecology
Pathology
Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
Journal title
Journal of Reproductive Medicine
Volume
vol. 58
Issue
iss. 5-6
Page start
p. 224
Page end
p. 8
Subject
IGMD 6: Hormonal regulation ONCOL 5: Aetiology, screening and detection; ONCOL 1: Hereditary cancer and cancer-related syndromes; ONCOL 3: Translational research; ONCOL 5: Aetiology, screening and detection NCMLS 2: Immune RegulationAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcome of 16 cases of placental site trophoblastic tumors (PSTTs) treated throughout The Netherlands. STUDY DESIGN: Patients with PSTT between 1991 and 2009 were identified using the nationwide network and registry of histopathology and cytopathology in The Netherlands (PALGA) and medical records. RESULTS: Data for 16 patients could be retrieved. The median age of the patients was 32 years. In 7 cases the antecedent pregnancy was a miscarriage and in 6, a term delivery. Clinical data on 3 patients could not be retrieved. Six patients were low-risk according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system. The median human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level was 46 IU/L, but in 4 patients the hCG level was not elevated. In the majority of patients a hysterectomy was performed, and 5 patients needed additional chemotherapy. There was only 1 recurrence and there were no fatalities. CONCLUSION: This study emphasizes the need for an international registration. No fatalities were registered. Because of the low incidence and limited experience of general gynecologists with this disease, there is a preference for centralization of all patients with PSTT regardless of their stage.
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