Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Regression Curves after Partial or Complete Molar Pregnancy in Flanders: Are They Different from Regression Curves from the Eighties?
peer reviewed ; [en] BACKGROUND/AIMS: We updated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) regression curves created in the eighties after evacuation of complete and partial molar (CM and PM, respectively) pregnancies using modern hCG assays. We created similar curves for patients in need of chemotherapy (gestational trophoblastic neoplasia [GTN]). METHODS: A total of 126 patients who were diagnosed with gestational trophoblastic disease from 1990 to 2014 were included. We compared curves from 2 groups, CM and PM, with historical ones. The third group was a comparison of GTN patients receiving first-... Mehr ...