Iron levels, genes involved in iron metabolism and antioxidative processes and lung cancer incidence.
Grzegorz Mariusz SukiennickiWojciech MarciniakMagdalena MuszyńskaPiotr BaszukSatish GuptaKatarzyna BiałkowskaKatarzyna Jaworska-BieniekKatarzyna DurdaMarcin LenerSandra PietrzakTomasz GromowskiKarolina PrajzendancAlicja ŁukomskaPiotr WaloszczykJanusz Zenon WójcikRodney ScottJan LubińskiAnna JakubowskaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The results of this case control study indicate that higher body iron represented by higher Fe and ferritin levels may be associated with lung cancer incidence. Rs10421768 in HAMP may be associated with about 3-times higher lung cancer risk. Higher Fe body content may be associated with better survival of lung cancer patients.