Where this information about gestational trophoblastic tumours comes from
This page tells you about the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of Cancer Research UK's patient information.
All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had a gestational trophoblastic tumour, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.
International Society for the study of Trophoblastic Disease (ISSTD) website
www.isstd.org/isstd/home.html – viewed September 2012
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease – a guide to management practices at Weston Park Hospital
www.chorio.group.shef.ac.uk – viewed September 2012
Charing Cross Hospital (CXH) Trophoblast Disease Clinic Guide
www.hmole-chorio.org.uk/clinicians_info.html – viewed September 2012
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
3rd edition (April 2009)
Edited by B W Hancock, M J Seckl, R S Berkowitz and L A Cole
Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Tobias A and Hochhauser D
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
ISBN: 9781405170154
Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology (8th Edition) Gestational Trophoblastic Tumours chapter
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008
ISBN: 9780781772075
The Management of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (3rd edition)
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Guideline No 38, February 2010
Gestational trophoblastic disease. Seckl M, Sebire N and Berkowitz R. The Lancet, 2010. Vol 376: 717-729
The Demographics of Molar pregnancies in England and Wales from 2000–2009. P Savage and others. The Journal of Reproductive Medicne, 2010 July–August, Vol 55; No 7–8.
First line chemotherapy in low risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. Alazzam M, Tidy J, Hancock BW, Osborne R. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2009.
Practical issues in the management of low-risk gestational trophoblast tumours. Savage P, Seckl M and Short D. Journal of reproductive medicine, 2008 Oct; 53 (10): p774-80.
Diagnostic problems with Trophoblastic Lesions. Deavers et al, October 11, 2007. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Vol. 132, No. 2, pp 168-174.
Treatment of metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. El-Helw LM, Hancock BW. Lancet Oncology, 2007. Aug;8(8):715-24
Placental site trophoblastic tumour: a rare but potentially curable cancer. A M Gillespie and others. British Journal of Cancer, 2000. 82(6), 1186–1190.
Etoposide and Cisplatin/Etoposide, Methotrexate, and Actinomycin D (EMA) Chemotherapy for Patients With High-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors Refractory to EMA/Cyclophosphamide and Vincristine Chemotherapy and Patients Presenting With Metastatic Placental Site Trophoblastic Tumors. E S Newlands and others. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 18, No 4 (February), 2000: pp 854-859.
Dr Matthew Winter – Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Philip Savage – Consultant Medical Oncologist
Ms Annie Hills – Nurse Counsellor in gestational trophoblastic tumours
Jan Everard – Clinical Nurse Specialist
Linda Dayal – Clinical Nurse Specialist
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