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Diseases [C] » Neoplasms [C04] » Neoplasms by Histologic Type » Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal » Trophoblastic Neoplasms » Choriocarcinoma
Diseases [C] » Neoplasms [C04] » Neoplasms by Histologic Type » Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial » Carcinoma » Adenocarcinoma » Choriocarcinoma
Diseases [C] » Neoplasms [C04] » Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic » Trophoblastic Neoplasms » Choriocarcinoma
Diseases [C] » Urogenital Diseases [C12] » Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications » Pregnancy Complications » Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic » Trophoblastic Neoplasms » Choriocarcinoma
Description
A malignant metastatic form of trophoblastic tumors. Unlike the HYDATIDIFORM MOLE, choriocarcinoma contains no CHORIONIC VILLI but rather sheets of undifferentiated cytotrophoblasts and syncytiotrophoblasts (TROPHOBLASTS). It is characterized by the large amounts of CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN produced. Tissue origins can be determined by DNA analyses: placental (fetal) origin or non-placental origin (CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL). MeSH
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Trophoblastic Tumor, Placental Site
2 drugs (1 approved, 1 experimental)
Approved Indicated Drugs (2)
Phase 2 Indicated Drugs (7)
Organization Involved with Phase 3 Indications (11)
Organization Involved with Phase 2 Indications (4)
Organization Involved with Phase 1 Indications (1)
Organization Involved with Other Experimental Indications (2)
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