Ferritin above 100 mcg/L could rule out colon cancer, but not gastric or rectal cancer in patients with involuntary weight loss

BACKGROUND: A tenth of patients with involuntary weight loss (IWL) have gastrointestinal cancer. Ferritin is the first parameter to be modified during the process leading to iron deficiency anaemia, therefore it should be the most sensitive. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of ferriti...

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Autores principales: Baicus, Cristian, Caraiola, Simona, Rimbas, Mihai, Patrascu, Ruxandra, Baicus, Anda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-86

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-86

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