Choriocarcinoma

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Neoplasm - or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death. Feedback controls limit cell division after a c...
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Choriocarcinoma is a similar type of growth. In approximately one-half of cases of choriocarcinoma, the preceding factor is hydatidiform mole. However, only 5 to 10% of molar pregnancies are associated with later choriocarcinoma.
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If a patient has a choriocarcinoma, the tumor may have started from a hydatidiform mole or from tissue that remains in the uterus following an abortion or delivery of a baby. Choriocarcinoma can spread from the uterus to other parts of the body.
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choriocarcinoma - Choriocarcinoma is a very rare, but often malignant germ cell tumor that arises from the cells in the chorion layer of the placenta (during pregnancy, a blood-rich structure through which the fetus takes in oxygen, food, ...
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There are two types of gestational trophoblastic tumors: hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma. Hydatidiform mole is also known as a molar pregnancy.
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with a tumor of the ovary known as a choriocarcinoma
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adrenocortical hyperplasia
arrhenoblastoma of ovary
choriocarcinoma of ovary
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This group of cancers includes choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, teratoma and yolk sac tumors. These types of testicular cancer tend to develop earlier in life than seminomas, usually occurring in men between their late teens and early 40s.
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Nonseminomas can be further classified as embryonal carcinomas, malignant teratomas, endodermal sinus tumors, choriocarcinomas or mixed germ cell tumors. The specific type of germ cell tumor influences both treatment and prognosis.
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Although in the majority of cases it isn't cancerous, in a few cases - around two or three in every hundred - the mole becomes a cancerous tumour called choriocarcinoma.
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A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm). Nonseminomas are identified by the type of cell in which they begin and include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac carcinoma.
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hydatidiform mole is unknown and has an incidence of 1 in 1,500 births. Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, uterine growth, nausea, and vomiting. Some hydatidiform moles may become malignant (cancerous) where they are referred to as a choriocarcinoma.
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