Read article Radiotherapy for persistent trophoblastic disease and choriocarcinoma
This page tells you about radiotherapy for persistent trophoblastic disease and choriocarcinoma, which are types of tumours known as gestational trophoblastic tumours (GTTs). Radiotherapy is not used very often to treat this type of cancer.
Women who have persistent trophoblastic disease or choriocarcinoma that has spread to the brain may have stereotactic radiotherapy. Stereotactic radiotherapy gives a high dose of radiotherapy to the brain tumour. There is detailed information about stereotactic radiotherapy in the radiotherapy section.
You may have external radiotherapy with chemotherapy to reduce symptoms caused by persistent trophoblastic disease or choriocarcinoma that has spread from the womb to other parts of the body. But this treatment is not used very often.
Because radiotherapy is rarely used for these tumours we have not included detailed information here. The radiotherapy section has information about radiotherapy and its possible side effects.
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