The serum ferritin concentration is a significant prognostic indicator of survival in primary lung cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 193-198

  Milman, Nils ^a   Pedersen, Lars Møller ^b  

^a NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferritin; Haemoglobins; Iron; Lung neoplasms; Prognosis; Survival rate; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITIN; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036133928     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.1.193     Document Type: Article

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