Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Intensified therapies improve survival and identification of novel prognostic factors for placental-site and epithelioid trophoblastic tumours

  

All patients (n = 125)

1976–2006 cohort (n = 62)

2007–2014 cohort (n = 63)

p-Value*

Age at diagnosis (years)

Median (IQR)

34 (28.0–41.5)

34 (28.3–38.8)

35 (28.0–41.0)

0.16

Antecedent pregnancy

Live birth

81 (64.8%)

37 (59.7%)

44 (69.8%)

0.23

CHM

19 (15.2%)

8 (12.9%)

11 (18.0%)

PHM

1 (0.8%)

1 (1.6%)

0 (0.0%)

Abortion

9 (7.2%)

6 (9.7%)

3 (4.8%)

Miscarriage

14 (11.2%)

10 (16.1%)

4 (6.3%)

Time since antecedent pregnancy (months)

Median (IQR)

16 (10.5–45.5)

16 (12.0–39.3)

16 (10.0–48.0)

0.39

<48 months

95 (76.0%)

49 (79.0%)

46 (73.0%)

 

≥ 48 months

30 (24.0%)

13 (21.0%)

17 (27.0%)

0.43

FIGO stage

I

74 (59.2%)

34 (54.8%)

40 (63.5%)

0.70

II

10 (8.0%)

5 (8.1%)

5 (7.9%)

III

27 (21.6%)

16 (25.8%)

11 (17.5%)

IV

14 (11.2%)

7 (11.3)

7 (11.1%)

Baseline serum hCG

1 to ≤4

22 (17.6%)

3 (4.8%)

19 (30.1%)

0.14

>4 to ≤100

37 (29.6%)

20 (32.3%)

17 (27.0%)

 

>100 to ≤1000

32 (25.6%)

21 (33.9%)

11 (17.5%)

 

>1000 to ≤10,000

15 (12.0%)

9 (14.5%)

6 (9.5%)

 

>10,000

19 (15.2%)

9 (14.5%)

10 (15.9%)

 

Myometrial invasion

Inner half

23 (18.4%)

9 (14.5%)

14 (22.2%)

0.43

Outer half

50 (40.0%)

28 (45.2%)

22 (34.9%)

Serosal invasion

15 (12.0%)

7 (11.3%)

8 (12.7%)

Unknown

37 (29.6%)

18 (29.0%)

19 (30.2%)

Lympho-vascular invasion

Absent

44 (35.2%)

15 (24.2%)

29 (46.1%)

0.01

Present

49 (39.2%)

29 (46.8%)

20 (31.7%)

Unknown

32 (25.6%)

18 (29.0%)

14 (22.2%)

Mitotic count

Median (IQR)

3.0 (1.7–8.0)

4.0 (2.5–7.6)

2.5 (1.0–8.5)

0.09

  1. FIGO International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics anatomical staging
  2. *Old (1976–2006) compared to new (2007–2014) patient cohort