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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of all GTN Patients with Brain Metastasis

From: Management and prognosis of patients with brain metastasis from gestational trophoblastic neoplasia: a 24-year experience in Peking union medical college hospital

Characteristic

Patient(n = 109)

Age (years), median (range)

28(20–56)

Gravidity, median (range)

2(1–8)

Parity, median (range)

1(0–4)

Interval time(mos.) from antecedent pregnancy median (range)

20(1–288)

Antecedent pregnancy

 

 Abortion

24(23.8%)

 Mole

41(40.6%)

 Term

36(35.6%)

No. of metastases

 

 1 ~ 4

86(78.9%)

 5 ~ 8

17(15.6%)

 >8

6(5.5%)

Site of metastasisa

 

 Brain metastasis

75(68.8%)

 Brain + liver metastasis

12(11.0%)

 Brain + kidney metastasis

10(9.2%)

 Brain + liver + kidney metastasis

4(3.7%)

 Other sitesb

8(7.3%)

Multidrug chemotherapy history

47(43.9%)

FIGO, median (range)

13(5 ~ 23%)

Pretreatment serum β-hCG level (mIU/mL), median (range)

19224(62–3049000)

FAEV regimens

 

 Primary treatment

62(56.1%)

 Salvage treatment

47(43.9%)

  1. FIGO: International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; hCG: human chorionicgonadotropin.
  2. FAEV: florouracil/floxuridine, dactinomycin, etoposide, and vincristine,
  3. a Lung metastases excluded;
  4. b Including spinal cord, bladder, adrenal gland, intestinal tract, skin and bone.