title: Evaluation of human chorionic gonadotropin-beta levels in prostatic carcinoma.
abstract: Sera of patients with prostatic malignancy were assayed for human chorionic gonadotropin-beta (HCG-beta). The levels of HCB-beta are negligible in the patients and in a control group with benign prostatic hypertrophy. Slight increases in HCG-beta found in a small percentage of patients with advanced malignancy are attributed to cross-reacting gonadotropins.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin