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SUBMITTER: Chen Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5696211 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Zhongqing Z Zhu Bo B Ou Chao C Li Yuxuan Y
Oncotarget 20171004 54
Existing research yields conflicting results regarding the relation between iron deficiency and high serum ferritin (SF) levels in primary lung cancer patients. We investigated the concentrations of SF, hemoglobin (Hb) and transferrin (TRF) in 569 male primary lung cancer patients and 252 female primary lung cancer patients. We grouped the subjects according to gender, smoking status, menopausal status, pathological type, stage, and TNM stage. The levels of SF and TRF were correlated with T stag ...[more]