Gule Raana, Rukhshan Khurshid, Shaheen Rasheed.
Hypercalcaemia, anemia and platelets in Breast cancer.
Rawal Med J Jan ;33(1):3-4.

Objective: To observe the level of serum total calcium, ionized calcium, protein, hemoglobin and platelet counts in breast cancer patients. Subjects and Methods: Fifty patients with breast cancer were included in the study. Twenty normal subjects with no history of cancer or any disease related to calcium were taken as controls. Serum calcium, protein, hemoglobin and platelet count were measured. Results: Serum calcium and platelet count were increased, serum proteins were decreased while no change in hemoglobin were noted. Conclusion: Serum Calcium and platlets were found to be elevated in patients with breast cancer. (Rawal Med J 2008;33:3-4).

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