Chemotherapy of tumors trophoblast

• Autores: Solidoro, Andrés, Esteves, Luis, Castellano, C., Valdivia, E., Barriga, O.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1247
• Enlace del recurso: http://51.222.106.123/index.php/RPGO/article/view/1247
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Chemotherapy of tumors of trophoblast has been successful in several ways. From a practical standpoint, it has allowed for the first time healing a malignant tumor with the use of chemical agents, changing the poor prognosis that had chorioepithelioma less than a decade. From the point of view of tumor biology, it has provided an opportunity to study the tumor guest relations on a "grafted" neoplasia in humans. From the biochemical point of view, it has proven the importance of certain metabolites in a selective way some cancers. The epidemiology and natural history of corioncarcinoma also been studied with renewed interest after advenimento of this therapy.