SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2020
Association between serum iron levels and the risk of cervical cancer in Chinese: a meta-analysis.
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- Risk factors for human papillomavirus infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer: an umbrella review and follow-up Mendelian randomisation studies.BMC medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Elemental Composition of Women's Fingernails: A Comparative Analysis Between Cervical Cancer Patients and Healthy Individuals.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
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- Ferroptosis: Mechanism and potential applications in cervical cancer.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Review
- Crosstalk between ferroptosis and steroid hormone signaling in gynecologic cancers.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Review
- Association of plasma iron with the risk of incident cancer in Chinese adults with hypertension: a nested case-control study.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the association between serum iron levels and cervical cancer risk in Chinese populations.
methodsA literature search was conducted using the PubMed, WanFang, and SinoMed databases up to April 30, 2019. Pooled standard mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were analyzed using R software with a random-effects model.
resultsData from nine studies comprising 454 cervical cancer patients and 880 controls were used in the analysis. Our results demonstrated that serum iron levels in cervical cancer patients were significantly lower than those in controls in Chinese populations (summary SMD = -1.24, 95%CI = -1.37 to -1.10;
conclusionsOur findings show that serum iron levels are lower in patients with cervical cancer than in control individuals. However, further high-quality studies are necessary to clarify the role of serum iron levels in cervical cancer risk.
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