[Value of fetal hemoglobin in the diagnosis of neoplastic diseases]

In base of the actual interest on certain substances which measured in blood indicate the possible existence of neoplasic processes and because the elevation of fetal hemoglobin in patients with neoplasms or "pre-malignant" diseases, the authors of this paper decided investigate the levels of fetal hemoglobin in patients with neoplasic diseases, with and without treatment, comparing it with that obtained from a control group of healthy individuals or with infectious diseases, colagenopathies or bening tumours.