Why do malignant hydatidiform mole need chemotherapy?

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Malignant hydatidiform mole generally needs chemotherapy. Hydatidiform mole, a disease that destroys the hope of many women, not only causes great harm to their body, but also threatens their lives. Invasive hydatidiform mole is the invasion of hydatidiform mole tissue into the patient's uterine myometrium or metastasis to the uterus, which has generally become a malignant tumor. This kind of hydatidiform mole is generally transformed from benign hydatidiform mole, and generally appears within half a year after the removal of hydatidiform mole. At this time of patients often appear irregular vaginal bleeding, chemotherapy is generally the main treatment, the following details about how to treat invasive hydatidiform mole. Let's take a look at the following.

Why do malignant hydatidiform mole need chemotherapy?

First: chemotherapy is OK. It's a good choice. You can know that chemotherapy is chemotherapy. Generally speaking, MTX, 5-FU and act-D drugs are selected. If it is medium or high-risk, combined chemotherapy is needed. Now, 5-FU based combined chemotherapy (5-FU + KSM), (5-FU + KSM + CTX) or EMA-CO regimen is generally used.

Second: there is not only one method. You have to be confident. Have you ever taken this kind of medicine? Surgery is mainly used for those who do not respond to chemotherapy. The operation is total hysterectomy and high ligation of ovarian artery and vein. Young women who have not given birth can try their best to save their uterus in order to keep their fertility, but if the situation is more serious and dangerous, they still need to do hysterectomy, so they must be psychologically prepared.

Third: give you a suggestion, that is, don't believe everything, folk prescription is not good, ah, during chemotherapy, patients need to test blood HCG once a week, and to do gynecological examination, CT, as well as ultrasound and chest X-ray examination. Within 18 days after the end of each chemotherapy, blood HCG decreased by 1 logarithm, which indicated that it was effective. Patients need to pay attention to their own side effects during chemotherapy, if there are major measures to be taken.

matters needing attention

Anyway, it's hard to get better. It is very necessary to ensure food nutrition. If chemotherapy or other treatment methods are effective, it is important to pay attention to follow-up after cure. Generally, patients should be followed up for at least 2 years, and during this period, they should pay attention to strict contraception for 1 to 2 years. It is best to choose penile condom for contraception, and it is best not to use intrauterine device or oral contraceptive. Patients must be followed up after recovery, 5 years after no recurrence in order to be cured.