Hadeel Riyadh Ibrahim

Hereditary Blood Diseases Center, AL-Karama Teaching Hospital, Ministry of Health/Environment, Baghdad, Iraq

Publications

• Review Article   
  Prognostic value of serum ferritin in cancerous patients
  Author(s): Hadeel Riyadh Ibrahim*, Ahmed Jamal Jasim Alqaisi and Tarik M. Abdul Majeed Al-Bermani
  
  Cancers are the second cause of mortality worldwide. Ferritin is a known iron protein found in high concentrations in cancerous patients. The study aimed to estimate ferritin levels in cancerous patients, determine the correlation between serum ferritin and chemotherapy (CHX). A cross-sectional hospitalbased study was carried out in AlKarama Teaching Hospital. Assessments of the studied samples will be conducted as a baseline setting and in a subsequent manner. A total of 50 newly diagnosed cancer patients before undergoing CHX regimens (13 male and 37 female) were included. The kit Ferritin (FTL) Human ELISA Kit was used. In this study, 74% females and 36% males were studied. The mean age of the sample of the study was 50.85 ± 12.59 years. The breast cancer females about 40% of patients. About 51.3% of females, their ferritin concentration were within a normal level, while 28... Read More»
  

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