Increased Polyamine Concentrations in the Hair of Cancer Patients
January 2001
in “
Clinical chemistry
”
TLDR Hair can be used to measure cancer-related chemicals noninvasively.
The study discussed the association between rapid tumor growth and altered polyamine biosynthesis, leading to increased polyamine concentrations in plasma and urine, which could serve as biochemical markers for disease activity and therapy response. However, due to the variability and inconvenience of collecting urine and plasma samples, the study suggested using hair fibers as a noninvasive alternative for measuring polyamine concentrations in cancer patients.
