[Clinical characteristics and management of gestational trophoblastic disease in women aged 50 years or more].

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics, management and prognosis of gestational trophoblastic disease in women aged 50 years or more.

Methods: Thirty-eight cases of gestational trophoblastic disease in women aged 50 years or more, who were treated in Peking Union Medical College Hospital between 1992 and 2002, were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: The median age was 52 years (range from 50 to 58 years).

[Floxuridine-containing regime in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic tumor].

Objective: To analyse the efficacy of the floxuridine (FUDR)-containing regime (single agent or in combination) in the treatment of gestational trophoblastic tumor.

Methods: Seventy-four patients with gestational trophoblastic tumors (GTT), 47 invasive mole and 27 choriocarcinoma, were treated with FUDR-containing regime. The clinical staging of the disease were: 33 cases of stage I, 3 cases of stage II, 31 cases of stage IIIa, 6 cases of stage IIIb, and 1 case of stage IV.