Recurrent epithelioid trophoblastic tumor with complete response after surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy: A case report and literature review
Lingting Meng, Bin Yang, Jiaqi Ma, Juan Zhang, Lei Lei, Ye Hong, Xiaojun Hu · 2026
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Description
Lingting Meng and co-authors report a rare, returned tumor case in a 2026 paper on epithelioid trophoblastic tumor. This tumor is the rarest form of growths that arise from pregnancy tissue, and no standard care path exists.
The patient had the tumor return and reached a full response after surgery, chemo, and immune therapy combined. Oddly, the first tumor grew from the urachus, a fetal remnant near the bladder, with no womb link. The authors say that site has not been reported before. A review of past cases sits beside the report. The case hints that combined therapy, with immune drugs, can beat returned disease.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lingting Meng, Bin Yang, Jiaqi Ma, Juan Zhang, Lei Lei, Ye Hong, Xiaojun Hu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |