title: [Serum iron and serum copper balance in the early diagnosis of metastases of breast cancer].
abstract: In a study made in the follow-up clinic on 684 patients with mammary carcinoma it was found that there were 64 cases of local recurrence and 244 cases of distant metastases. In both groups the serum iron and the serum copper balance in blood tests, in relation to the clinical proof of local recurrence and/or distant metastases, was investigated. It was found that there were 43.7% pathological serum iron and serum copper findings with local recurrences and 62.7% with distant metastases. The drift apart tendency of the blood serum values in patients with distant metastases could be proved in 78.7% of the cases and in 77.5% of the cases before any clinical proof. Thus, these observations allow the statement that the blood serum iron and serum copper imbalance in blood tests is of very real value in the early diagnosis of distant metastases.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Serum-Eisen- und Serum-Kupfer-Relation bei der Früherkennung von Metastasen des Mammakarzinoms.