title: Plasma vitamin A, retinol-binding protein, and prealbumin in postoperative breast cancer patients.
abstract: Plasma vitamin A and its circulatory transport proteins, retinol-binding protein (RBP) and prealbumin, were measured in nine postoperative female breast cancer patients, who were apparently disease-free at the time of blood collection. The plasma concentrations of these parameters were found to be similar to that of the age- and sex-matched healthy controls with the exception of two patients, who subsequently had cancer recurrence. The values of vitamin A, RBP, and prealbumin were all very low in these two patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sasmal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000097:blood*; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000032:analysis*; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D054839:Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma; D014801:Vitamin A