Is fibrous stroma associated with poorer prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma patients?
SqCC with a fibrous stroma displayed higher invasive phenotype and were associated with a significantly poor prognosis. The current results suggest that the microenvironment created by both SqCC cells and the peritumoral fibroblasts may facilitate cancer aggressiveness.
Iron is equally well absorbed from ferritin and ferrous sulfate independent of the phosphate content of the ferritin iron mineral. Thus, dietary ferritin iron is likely to be a good source of iron.