Lower blood calcium associates with unfavorable prognosis and predicts for bone metastasis in NSCLC.

Ionized calcium was involved in various cellular signal pathways,and regulates many cellular processes, including those relevant to tumorigenesis. We hypothesis that imbalance of calcium homeostasis is correlated with development of lung carcinomas. We collected the clinical data of 1084 patients wi...

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Main Authors: Hongchang Shen, Yongqiu Li, Yida Liao, Tiehong Zhang, Qi Liu, Jiajun Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316630?pdf=render