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Placental site trophoblastic tumor: molecular analysis and clinical experience.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 1996
Bower M, Paradinas F J, Fisher R A, Nicholson S K, Rustin G J, Begent R H, Bagshawe K D, Newlands E S
Abstract excerpt
Placental site trophoblastic tumor is a very rare variant of gestational trophoblastic disease which differs histologically and immunocytochemically from gestational choriocarcinoma. The English language literature includes only 74 reported cases. Seventeen patients have been managed at Charing Cross Hospital with this diagnosis. The median follow-up is 4.6 years, and the 5-year overall survival is 80% (95%...
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