Serum Copper,Ferritin Levels in Patients with Lung Cancer

Objective To evaluate the relation between serum copper and serum ferritin in cancer patients.Methods The levels of serum copper,ferritin in 27 patients with lung cancer and 45 normal subjects were determined.Results The results showed that the levels of serum copper of lung cancer patients were higher than the healthy controls ( P 0 01).The levels of serum ferritin of lung cancer patients were higher than the healthy controls too ( P 0 01).Using correlativity analysis,the highly positive correlation was found between serum copper and serum ferritin ( P 0 005).Conclusion The results suggest that higher serum ferritin levels in the lung cancer patients may be due to higher levels of ceruloplasmin.