Management strategies and outcomes of germ cell tumor patients with very high human chorionic gonadotropin levels

Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
R T ZonL H Einhorn

Abstract

To determine the therapeutic results in advanced germ cell tumor (GCT) patients with initial human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) elevation greater than 50,000 mIU/mL and to document the levels of hCG decline and subsequent plateau and outcome of this patient population. We conducted a retrospective review of 41 patients who presented to Indiana University (IU) with hCG levels greater than 50,000 mIU/mL between December 1976 and August 1996. All patients had received cisplatin-containing regimens and were monitored with serial hCG levels. Twenty-two of 41 (53.7%) patients continuously show no evidence of disease (NED) and eight additional patients (19.5%) are currently NED with salvage therapy. Only two of 41 patients had a normal hCG level at the start of the fourth and final course of cisplatin combination chemotherapy. Eight additional patients showed normalized hCG levels 1 month later. Seven of these 10 are continuously NED and three are currently NED with salvage therapy. Thirty-one patients had an abnormal hCG greater than 1 month after they completed primary chemotherapy; 15 of these patients (48%) are continuously NED despite no further therapy and five additional patients (16%) are currently NED with salvage therapy. Ov...Continue Reading

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