Is molar pregnancy a type of cancer?
Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceIf you have had a molar pregnancy, the majority of time the problem will disappear on its own and no further treatment is needed. A molar pregnancy on its own is not a form of cancer. For the approximately 10% of patients who have had a complete molar pregnancy and 1% of partial mole patients who go on to further treatment the situation is different.
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Gestational Trophoblastic Disease | Questions about Gynecolo...Lola, Utah, USA: Regular hCG monitoring by blood and urine testing should be done until the levels have fallen back to negative or less than five, (<5 mIU/ml) for blood hCG results. If the hCGs go down to negative levels, chemotherapy is not usually necessary. Spontaneous regression of a molar pregnancy is not uncommon, but requires close monitoring and follow-up to unsure that hCG levels have gone to negative and stay less than five (<5 mIU/ml).
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SPALS [FAQs]A molar pregnancy is a rare condition where a tumor develops in place of the embryo. One of the early symptoms is being very large for dates in early pregnancy. Surgery is required to remove the growth and monthly check-ups for a year or more are needed to ensure the mole does not redevelop. Pregnancy is not recommended for 1 year after a molar pregnancy. Occurrence of a mole slightly increases future risk of uterine cancer.
Related QuestionsMolar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYA molar pregnancy is a mass of abnormal tissue (hydatidiform mole) that comes from the placenta inside the uterus, which triggers symptoms of pregnancy. About 1 out of 1,000 women with early pregnancy symptoms has a molar pregnancy.1 Complete molar pregnancy. In place of a normal placenta and embryo, the hydatidiform mole is abnormal placental tissue that grows into a grapelike cluster that can fill the uterus. Partial molar pregnancy. The placenta grows abnormally into molar tissue.Related Questions
What causes a molar pregnancy?
Molar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYMolar pregnancy is thought to be caused by a problem with the genetic information of an egg or sperm. A molar pregnancy can develop during the earliest stage of a pregnancy when: abnormal egg with no genetic information is fertilized by a sperm. The sperm's chromosomes duplicate and develop into a complete mole. A normal egg is fertilized by two sperm. This cell mass is most likely to develop into a partial mole. A diet low in carotene (a form of vitamin A).
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Molar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYA molar pregnancy triggers the same first-trimester symptoms that a normal pregnancy does (a missed menstrual period, breast tenderness, fatigue, increased urination, morning sickness). It may be diagnosed during an early ultrasound test.
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Molar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYIf you have symptoms that suggest a molar pregnancy, your health professional will do some simple tests. A pelvic exam, a blood test of your pregnancy hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG) levels, and a pelvic ultrasound can confirm whether you have a molar pregnancy.
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Molar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYIf you are diagnosed with a molar pregnancy, you will need immediate treatment to remove all molar growth from your uterus. After your uterus is cleared of molar tissue, you will have periodic hCG blood tests to screen for signs of persistent cell growth (trophoblastic disease) in your uterus. These tests are done periodically for 6 to 12 months. In some cases, trophoblastic disease can develop into trophoblastic cancer.
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Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceThe symptoms of a molar pregnancy usually appear in the second or third month of pregnancy. The most common problems are bleeding or the loss of some browny-red fluid. Morning sickness and vomiting may be more severe than in a normal pregnancy. If let untreated a molar pregnancy may cause other problems as a large for dates uterus, high blood pressure and over activity of the thyroid gland. However these problems are rare as the diagnosis is generally made within the first 3 months of pregnancy.
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Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceThe diagnosis of molar pregnancy is most commonly made after an abnormal ultrasound. The combination of a history of bleeding with the abnormal ultrasound is usually sufficient for a surgical evacuation to be performed. After the evacuation to confirm that the diagnosis is a molar pregnancy, some of the tissue is sent to the pathology laboratory for analysis.
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Molar Pregnancy Support & Information ? The complete res...After a molar pregnancy many couples ask what they can do to minimise the chance of it happening again, or if there is anyway of screening for the problem earlier. The first thing to realise is that repeated molar pregnancies are rare. The chances of having a second molar pregnancy, in any subsequent pregnancy, is in the order of 1 in 80 and of these only 10% i.e. 1 in 800 need chemotherapy treatment.
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Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceWomen who have had one molar pregnancy do have an increased risk of developing another molar pregnancy when they are next pregnant. However this risk is still quite low, we would estimate it at around 1 in 80. Put more positively of the women who have had one molar pregnancy 79 out of 80 will not have a molar pregnancy next time they are pregnant.
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Molar Pregnancy, SVCMC; New York NYA molar pregnancy typically triggers common signs of pregnancy—a missed menstrual period, breast tenderness, fatigue, increased urination, and morning sickness. Contact your health professional immediately if you have signs of pregnancy and develop any of the following during your first trimester: Vaginal bleeding (light or heavy). Light vaginal bleeding in the first trimester is common in a normal pregnancy. However, it may signal a molar pregnancy or a miscarriage.
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Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceThere are a number of reasons why it is important that the diagnosis of molar pregnancy is correctly made. Molar pregnancies carry a risk of developing into persistent trophoblast disease which needs further treatment most commonly with chemotherapy. Overall the risk of needing this treatment is about 1 in 10 after a complete molar pregnancy and 1 in 100 after a partial molar pregnancy.
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Charing Cross Hospital Trophoblast Disease ServiceThere are three treatment possibilities for patients with persistent trophoblast disease after a molar pregnancy. The most frequent choice is to use chemotherapy treatment. This approach, whilst it sounds complicated, is usually very simple, generally has few side-effects, allows patients to retain their fertility and has a cure rate of over 99%. More details on the practicalities of chemotherapy are given in the section below.
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