Utility of routine hematological and inflammation parameters for the diagnosis of cancer in involuntary weight loss

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 951-955

  Baicus, Cristian ^a,b   Caraiola, Simona ^a,b   Rimbas, Mihai ^a,b   Patrascu, Ruxandra ^a   Baicus, Anda ^b,c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Clinical Research Unit   (Romania)

^c CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Area under curve; C reactive protein; Cancer; Erythrocyte indices; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Involuntary weight loss; Red cell distribution width; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEOPLASM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84856455671     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822467a3     Document Type: Article

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