What is Choriocarcinoma?
What is Choriocarcinoma?
- Choriocarcinoma: Rare cancer of the placenta.
- Choriocarcinoma: An aggressive malignant tumor arising from trophoblastic cells. The vast majority of cases arise in the uterus and represent gestational choriocarcinomas that derive from placental trophoblastic cells. Approximately half of the cases develop from a complete hydatidiform mole. A minority of cases arise in the testis or the ovaries. There is often marked elevation of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the blood. Choriocarcinomas disseminate rapidly through the hematogenous route; the lungs are most frequently affected. --2004
Source - Diseases Database
Choriocarcinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Choriocarcinoma, or a subtype of Choriocarcinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Choriocarcinoma: Introduction
Types of Choriocarcinoma:
Broader types of Choriocarcinoma:
How serious is Choriocarcinoma?
Complications of Choriocarcinoma:
see complications of Choriocarcinoma
What causes Choriocarcinoma?
Causes of Choriocarcinoma: see causes of Choriocarcinoma
What are the symptoms of Choriocarcinoma?
Symptoms of Choriocarcinoma:
see symptoms of Choriocarcinoma
Complications of Choriocarcinoma:
see complications of Choriocarcinoma
Can anyone else get Choriocarcinoma?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Choriocarcinoma: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Choriocarcinoma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Choriocarcinoma.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Choriocarcinoma:
see treatments for Choriocarcinoma
Research for Choriocarcinoma:
see research for Choriocarcinoma
Organs Affected by Choriocarcinoma:
Organs and body systems related to Choriocarcinoma include:
Name and Aliases of Choriocarcinoma
Main name of condition: Choriocarcinoma
Class of Condition for Choriocarcinoma: cancer
Other names or spellings for Choriocarcinoma:
Gestational trophoblastic tumour (malignant)
Source - Diseases Database
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