Serum ferritin and malignant tumours

✍ Scribed by Allan Jacobs

• Book ID: 112944066
• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 746 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-0560
• DOI: 10.1007/bf02934136

✦ Synopsis

Increased concentrations of serum ferritin are common in patients with malignant disease and appear to be a non-specific response. The present evidence does not suggest that serum ferritin assay is useful either for specific diagnosis or monitoring of malignant disease. A special role for acidic isoferritins in malignancy remains to be substantiated.