cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma

(kôr′ē-ō-kär′sə-nō′mə)

n. pl. cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·mas or cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

A malignant tumor that develops from trophoblast cells and usually occurs in the uterus.

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choriocarcinoma

(ˌkɒrɪəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə)

(Pathology) a cancer that occurs during pregnancy in the uterus

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choriocarcinoma

a uterine malignancy that may develop shortly after conception, during pregnancy, or after an abortion. Also called chorioblastoma, chorionic epithelioma.

cho·ri·o·car·ci·no·ma

n. coriocarcinoma, tumor maligno visto gen. en el útero y en los testículos.

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choriocarcinoma

n coriocarcinoma m

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Choriocarcinoma following term pregnancy is very rare (1/50,000) and is associated with a poor prognosis and a mortality rate of 33-40% (2).

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He pointed out that the initiation of fetal pancreatic function coincided with a reduction in the invasiveness of trophoblast, which otherwise might progress to clinical cancer (that is, choriocarcinoma).

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In one in 65,000 pregnancies, cancerous cells, known as choriocarcinoma, develop there.

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These include most cases of Hodgkin's disease, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and testicular cancer, as well as certain rare cancers such as Burkitt's lymphoma, choriocarcinoma, and lymphosarcoma.

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Just weeks after she had her first child Anna Panter was diagnosed with choriocarcinoma, a rare cancer that only occurs in one out of 50,000 pregnancies.

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Gestational trophoblastic tumors include 3 well-defined pathologic entities: gestational choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT), and epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT).

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