IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 51 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5104083
Open Access Original Research
Analysis of the Efficacy of 5-Fluorouracil in the Treatment of Invasive Moles
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, 410000 Changsha, Hunan, China
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhuzhou Central Hospital, 412007 Zhuzhou, Hunan, China
*Correspondence: 61388238@qq.com (Mingyu Xie)
These authors contributed equally.
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2024, 51(4), 83; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5104083
Submitted: 21 November 2023 | Revised: 20 December 2023 | Accepted: 29 December 2023 | Published: 26 March 2024
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: To evaluate the chemotherapy toxicity of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in the treatment of invasive moles. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of therapeutic satisfaction, recurrence, and toxicity in 17 patients treated with 5-FU in the Zhuzhou Central Hospital, from 2015 to 2020. Results: After a single-agent 5-FU treatment a complete remission of low-risk invasive moles was observed, and remission of high-risk invasive moles reached rates of 76.5%. After 4–5 chemotherapy cycles, 5-FU reduced serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to normal levels in invasive moles. Furthermore, a toxicity assessment revealed that 5-FU chemotherapy has low toxicity and is generally acceptable for patients. Conclusions: 5-FU offers high efficacy in both low-risk and high-risk invasive moles, with low chemotherapy toxicity.

Keywords
5-fluorouracil
invasive mole
recurrence
toxicity
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