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ArticleSaudi medical journal2021

Utility of ferritin and inflammatory biomarkers in the diagnosis of different stages of breast cancer.

Anila George, Zachariah Bobby, Biswajit Dubashi

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anila GeorgeFrom the Department of Biochemistry (George, Bobby), and from the Department of Medical Oncology (Dubashi), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Zachariah BobbyFrom the Department of Biochemistry (George, Bobby), and from the Department of Medical Oncology (Dubashi), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Biswajit DubashiFrom the Department of Biochemistry (George, Bobby), and from the Department of Medical Oncology (Dubashi), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the utility of ferritin and inflammatory biomarkers in the diagnosis of stages of breast cancer.

methodsThe study consisted of 4 groups of 20 women, including the healthy control. The patients of group 1 comprised of stages I and II, group 2: stage III and group 3: stage IV of the disease. High sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and hepcidin were estimated by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and ferritin by chemiluminescence immunoassay. The study was carried out in 2018 at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry-6, India.

resultsThe breast cancer disease progression correlated negatively with hemoglobin (Hb) (r= -0.6937,

conclusionFerritin and ferritin/Hb are helpful in the differential diagnosis of stages of breast cancer.

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Breast NeoplasmsFerritinsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHemoglobinsHumansBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinFerritinsHemoglobinsbreast cancerdifferential diagnosisdisease progressionferritinhepcidininflammation

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PMID34344805
PMCPMC9195548
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