Effects of Breast Cancer and Mastectomy on Fibrinolytic Activity in African Women / Effets du cancer du sein et de la mammectomie sur l'activité fibrinolytique chez les femmes africaines
| Autor: | T.A. Barhua, A.A. Fakoya, C.O. Osime, A.N. Olu-Edo, E.E. Egbagbe, E.O. Osime, Elusoji S.O. Famodu, E. Egwaikhide |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Gynecology
Oncology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case-control study Obstetrics and Gynecology Cancer medicine.disease Fibrinogen Clinical research Breast cancer Reproductive Medicine Internal medicine Fibrinolysis Euglobulin lysis time medicine business Mastectomy medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Reproductive Health. 10:114 |
| ISSN: | 1118-4841 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/30032478 |
| Popis: | Reduced blood fibrinolytic activity (FA) has been postulated in cancer. It is good to know if this is also the case in Africans with breast cancer. Africans are known to possess enhanced fibrinolysis. This study was designed to assess the effect of breast cancer on fibrinolytic activity and the effect of mastectomy on fibrinolysis in African women. Sixty histo-patholically proven breast cancer patients aged 25 - 45 years were compared with 50 healthy age-matched controls. Plasma fibrinogen levels and euglobulin lysis time (ELT) were estimated in breast cancer patients and the controls. Patients with breast cancer had significantly increased fibrinogen levels euglobulin lysis time (P African Journal of Reproductive Health Vol. 10 (2) 2006: pp. 114-119 |
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