Insulin-like factor 3, luteinizing hormone and testosterone in testicular cancer patients: effects of β-hCG and cancer treatment.
L C StegginkA P van BeekH BoerC MeijerS LubbertsS F OostingI J de JongR J van GinkelJ D LefrandtJ A GietemaJanine NuverPublished in: Andrology (2019)
Pre-chemotherapy, β-hCG-producing tumors affect the gonadal endocrine axis, demonstrated by increased testosterone and decreased LH. INSL3 did not uniformly follow the pattern of testosterone.