choriocarcinoma
noun
cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma
ˌkȯr-ē-(ˌ)ō-ˌkär-sə-ˈnō-mə 
: a malignant tumor typically developing in the uterus from the trophoblast
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Even more rarely, the molar tissue develops into choriocarcinoma, a type of cancer that may require chemotherapy and other cancer-fighting drugs.2
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Hearing about molar pregnancies and their complications can be scary.
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
But just 18 months after getting sober — and regaining custody of her daughters — she was hit with a devastating setback: choriocarcinoma, a fast-growing cancer that occurs in the uterus and followed a tubular pregnancy.
—Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
Around half of women who have a molar-type pregnancy go on to develop a very rare womb cancer called choriocarcinoma, due to the growth of the abnormal cells.
—Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
She was diagnosed with stage IV choriocarcinoma, a rare form of uterine cancer that can form during pregnancy.
—Jane Bianchi, Woman's Day, 7 Aug. 2017
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
But just 18 months after getting sober — and regaining custody of her daughters — she was hit with a devastating setback: choriocarcinoma, a fast-growing cancer that occurs in the uterus and followed a tubular pregnancy.
—Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
Around half of women who have a molar-type pregnancy go on to develop a very rare womb cancer called choriocarcinoma, due to the growth of the abnormal cells.
—Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
She was diagnosed with stage IV choriocarcinoma, a rare form of uterine cancer that can form during pregnancy.
—Jane Bianchi, Woman's Day, 7 Aug. 2017
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“Choriocarcinoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choriocarcinoma. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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choriocarcinoma
noun
cho·rio·car·ci·no·ma
-ˌkärs-ᵊn-ˈō-mə
plural choriocarcinomas also choriocarcinomata
-mət-ə
: a malignant tumor derived from trophoblastic tissue consisting of syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts that develops typically in the uterus following pregnancy, miscarriage, or abortion especially when associated with a hydatidiform mole or rarely in the testes or ovaries chiefly as a component of a mixed germ-cell tumor
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