[Multidisciplinary treatment of choriocarcinoma]

The remarkable improvement has been recently made in the treatment of choriocarcinoma, about 80% of survival rate has been achieved. This improvement was acquired according to appearance and betterment on administration method of MTX and ACTG, surgical treatment for pulmonary and cerebral metastases and irradiation for cerebral metastases. Recent died cases were analysed and divided into two groups; one group consisted of recurrent cases and the other consisted of those who, at first showed good response to therapy resulted in drop of hCG value and reduction of tumor, however, then showed gradual reincrease of hCG and expired at latt. Therefore for achieving the 0% of mortality rate, it is a important subject to exterminate the death from recurrence and clarify more aggressive treatment method at the time when reduction of the tumor is obtained.