Hepcidin and Ferroportin Expression in Breast Cancer Tissue and Serum and Their Relationship with Anemia

Abstract

In bca patients, expression of hepcidin in serum was high, but expression of fpn was low, suggesting that serum hepcidin plays a major role in anemia in those patients. Expression of hepcidin and fpn in bca tissue showed no correlation with their expression in serum and no clear relationship with anemia.