Spontaneous Regression In Gynecologic Neoplasia
National Cancer Institute Monographs 44: 1976; 27-30
View Original Source →Abstract
We have treated a patient with an unusual regression of pulmonary metastases from a testicular tumour and because of the rarity of this phenomenon we wish to report and discuss this case briefly. The author postulates that by removal of the primary tumour and by effective therapy of metastases in the right lung, the immune system had been stimulated and was thus able to destroy the residual metastases in the left lung.
Case Details
Clinical Characteristics
Germinal epithelial tumors of the ovary
Remission Characteristics
Spontaneous regression
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Additional Notes
Cases of spontaneous regression were infrequent. The tumors most commonly undergoing spontaneous regression were the germinal epithelial tumors of the ovary. There was not one case of spontaneous regression of any other variety of ovarian neoplasm. There was not one legitimate case of spontaneous regression of an invasive epidermoid carcinoma of the vulva, vagina, or uterus.