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ReviewBMJ medicine2022

Advances in the diagnosis and early management of gestational trophoblastic disease.

Caroline M Joyce, Brendan Fitzgerald, Tommie V McCarthy, John Coulter, Keelin O'Donoghue

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Review in BMJ medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Molecular Basis of Hydatidiform Moles-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  3. Cancers · 2026
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  6. Translating STR-based hydatidiform mole diagnosis into precision care.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  17. Morphology combined withJournal of clinical pathology · 2025
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  19. Association of gestational trophoblastic disease with subsequent development of non-trophoblastic cancer.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Caroline M JoycePregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7231-8331
Brendan FitzgeraldPregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-8509-088X
Tommie V McCarthyDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4884-6972
John CoulterDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Keelin O'DonoghuePregnancy Loss Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-4616-2887

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gestational trophoblastic disease describes a group of rare pregnancy related disorders that span a spectrum of premalignant and malignant conditions. Hydatidiform mole (also termed molar pregnancy) is the most common form of this disease. Hydatidiform mole describes an abnormal conceptus containing two copies of the paternal genome, which is classified as partial when the maternal genome is present or complete when the maternal genome is absent. Hydatidiform mole typically presents in the first trimester with irregular vaginal bleeding and can be suspected on ultrasound but confirmation requires histopathological evaluation of the products of conception. Most molar pregnancies resolve without treatment after uterine evacuation, but occasionally the disease persists and develops into gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. Close monitoring of women after molar pregnancy, with regular measurement of human chorionic gonadotrophin concentrations, allows for early detection of malignancy. Given the rarity of the disease, clinical management and treatment is best provided in specialist centres where very high cure rates are achievable. This review looks at advances in the diagnosis and early management of gestational trophoblastic disease and highlights updates to disease classification and clinical guidelines. Use of molecular genotyping for improved diagnostic accuracy and risk stratification is reviewed and future biomarkers for the earlier detection of malignancy are considered.

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BiochemistryGeneticsMedical oncologyPathologyPregnancy complications

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PMID36936581
PMCPMC9978730

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