Detection of serum folate,homocysteine and vitamin B12 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and its clinical significance / 吉林大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To detect the serum levels of folate,homocysteine (Hcy)and vitamin B12 in the patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),and to clarify the clinical significance of folate, Hcy and vitamin B12 in the diagnosis and prognosis assessment of NSCLC.Methods 35 patients with NSCLC were chosen as NSCLC group, and 30 healthy people were selected as control group,excluding hypertension,anemia,family disease history and other related factors.The expression levels of serum folate, Hcy and vitamin B12 were examined by circulating enzymatic method and electrochemical luminescence method.The correlations between the levels of serum folate, Hcy and vitamin B12 of the objects in two groups were analyzed by Pearson test.Results The serum Hcy level of the patients in NSCLC group was significantly higher than that in control group (P 0.05).The serum Hcy level was negatively correlated with folate level (r=-0.505,P =0.002),but was not correlated with vitamin B12 (r =-0.084,P =0.633).The serum folate level was not correlated with vitamin B12 (r=-0.039,P =0.826).Conclusion The serum Hcy level of NSCLC patient is significantly increased and it has diagnostic and prognostic values in the NSCLC patients.