title: [Alpha-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin in bronchogenic carcinoma].
abstract: Using radioimmunoassay method the alpha-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (alpha-HCG) serum levels were measured in 112 bronchogenic carcinoma patients and in 48 patients with various non-cancerous lung diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of alpha-HCG as a tumor marker for differential diagnosis of lung cancer. The incidence of elevated alpha-HCG serum level bronchogenic carcinoma group was 4.4%, in non-cancerous diseases group it was 4.1%, respectively. The difference between these two groups wasn't statistically significant. The elevation of the alpha-HCG was unrelated to the histologic type of lung cancer. The finding suggest that alpha-HCG serum level can't help in discriminating between patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and those with non-cancerous lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: I. klinika tuberkulózy a respiracních nemocí, 1. lékarské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, Praha.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zatloukal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glagolicová
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mĕricka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bezdícek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D015292:Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015292:Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit