THE CONTENT OF TRANSFERRIN AND FERRITIN IN BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH RECTAL CANCER IN THE FIRST WEEK AFTER SURGERY.

Purpose of the Study: Examine the dynamics of the content of ferritin and other indicators of iron metabolism in the blood of patients with colorectal cancer before surgery and in the postoperative period to 7 days, and compare it with other known non-specific criteria of the acute phase of inflammation. Respond to the question whether changes in iron metabolism parameters in patients with colorectal cancer after surgery are specific.
Materials and Methods: The content of ferritin, transferrin, iron and unsaturated iron binding capacity (TIBE) in the blood serurii of patients with coidrecral cancer before surgery and in the postoperative period of 1, 3 and 7 days was determined at the biochemical analyzer Cobas Integra 400. The values of parameters in the group of individuals without cancer pathology (control group) were used for comparison.
Results: Before surgery, patients studied parameters were within normal limits. In the postoperative period (7 days) ferritin level was significantly increased by 88%, and transferrin level was reduced by 73% in relation to that of the control group (p <0.05; U-Mann-Whitney). Total iron binding capacity was significantly reduced by 250%.
Conclusions: Opposite changes of ferritin and transferrin, known as the acute-phase proteins, show predominance in the first week after surgery nonspecific reaction of patients to surgical stress. These metalioproteins are considered as one of the markers of the stress. We compared revealed changes in the studied parameters of iron system with the experimental data on the changes in the membrane potential of red blood cells and lymphocytes, and came to the conclusion that the identified synchronicity indicates their potential conditionality.