[Breast cancer with low levels of blood lipids]

Double-bond lipids levels in blood were assessed in 113 breast cancer patients. The levels of double bonds in plasma lipids and red blood cells were found to be much higher than those in healthy females and cases of mastopathia cystica fibrosa. A correlation between tumor extension and insufficient levels of blood lipids was established. The double-bond levels were higher: (a) in blood lipids of inoperable cases as compared with surgical ones; (b) in cases of stage I-II tumor, as compared with stage III, and (c) in cases of unfavorable clinico-morphological factors. Blood lipids levels tended to be relatively higher in patients who survived a shorter period after examination. It is suggested that lipids insufficiency in blood may be used as an indicator of certain interrelationships between tumor and body at different stages of tumor process.