UNSATURATED BLOOD-LIPIDS IN MAMMARY-CANCE R PATIENTS

The degree of unsaturation of blood lipids in patients having undergon e radical surgery for mammary cancer was studied. It was shown that th e content of double bonds in the lipids of plasma and red cells in can cer patients is significantly lower than in patients with diffuse canc er but higher than in patients with benign breast tumors. It was also established that there exists a relationship between the degree of lip id unsaturation, the tumor spread (stage of the disease, metastases in to the regional lymph nodes), and also patient survival. Variations in the double-bond level of blood lipids depending on the morphological structure of the tumor were established.