title: Serum copper, ceruloplasmin, lactic-dehydrogenase and alpha 2-globulin in lung cancer.
abstract: Twenty-six patients with primary lung cancer were studied in whose blood we found a significant increase in the levels of copper, ceruloplasmin, lactic-dehydrogenase and alpha 2-globulins. The role of copper in pulmonary cancerogenesis is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000510:Alpha-Globulins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D003300:Copper; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D002570:Ceruloplasmin