title: Serum ferritin concentration in early breast cancer.
abstract: The concentration of circulating ferritin was measured in 250 normal adult women and 229 women presenting with early breast cancer. Ferritin concentrations are higher in cancer patients than in normal women. Patients with an intial circulating ferritin concentration above 200 mug/1 have a higher tumour recurrence rate during the subsequent 4 years.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins