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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Oct;130(4):825–829. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002244

Table 1.

List of Cancers Producing β-hCG in Study

Patients Cancer Type Total hCG (mIU/mL) Intact hCG (mIU/mL)
Anaplastic Astrocytoma 17.7 <0.5
Breast Mixed Ductal/Lobular Carcinoma 13.5 0.7
Cervical Adenocarcinoma 11.1 <0.5
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma 40.3 <0.5
Cholangiocarcinoma 12.5 <0.5
Cholangiocarcinoma 11.4 <0.5
Colonic Adenocarcinoma 25.4 1.2
Colonic Adenocarcinoma 757.5 2.7
Colonic Adenocarcinoma 102.8 <0.5
Gastric Adenocarcinoma 37.3 5.5
Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma 7.6 <0.5
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 77.4 0.6
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 35.4 2.7
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 77.3 <0.5
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 16.2 <0.5
Sacral Giant Cell Tumor 48.5 <0.5
Thyroid Medullary Carcinoma 124.9 <0.5

A variety of non-trophoblastic tumors (N=17) were shown to produce β-hCG with comparatively smaller to immeasurable amounts of intact hCG.