title: Circulating concentrations of specific placental proteins (human chorionic gonadotropin, pregnancy-specific beta-1 glycoprotein, and placental protein 5) in untreated gestational trophoblastic tumors.
abstract: Serum levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), pregnancy-specific beta-1-glycoprotein (SP1), and placental protein 5 (PP5) were measured prior to treatment in 14 patient with hydatidiform mole and in nine patients with choriocarcinoma. Measurement of circulating levels of SP1 and PP5, but not hCG, provides a distinction between benign and malignant gestational trophoblastic tumors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000097:blood*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins; C021240:tissue-factor-pathway inhibitor 2