Table 1.

Results of the laboratory examinations of blood of the patients with melanoma

Patient’s number	EPR spectrum type	Gender W/M	Hb (mmol/l) 7.6–10.0	Fe (μg/dl) W: 37–145 M: 61–157	Tf (g/l) 2.0–3.6	TIBC (μg/dl) 240–480	UIBC (μg/dl) 115–350	Ferr (μg/l) W: 15–150 M: 30–400	Transferrin saturation (%) W: <50 M: <60
1	I	W	7.7	54	3.1	354	300	16	15.3
2	III	M	10.4	101	2.8	324	223	76	31.2
3	II	W	8.0	86	3.0	331	245	30	25.9
4	II	W	8.9	86	3.0	337	251	65	25.5
5	III	W	8.9	88	3.0	336	248	49	26.2
6	I	M	9.8	118	2.9	349	231	103	33.8
7	–	M	8.6	86	2.7	316	230	248	27.2
8	–	W	9.4	74	2.3	270	196	64	27.4
9	I	W	7.6	45	2.6	329	284	112	13.7
10	I	M	9.6	106	2.8	336	230	175	31.6
11	II	M	10.1	80	2.3	290	210	90	27.6
12	I	W	8.9	89	3.0	365	276	75	24.4
13	II	W	7.9	59	3.0	384	325	81	15.4
14	I	M	8.8	59a	3.1	398	339	166	14.8
15	I	W	8.6	104	2.9	368	264	142	28.3
16	II	W	8.1	79	2.4	284	205	137	27.8
17	–	M	9.9	142	2.5	330	188	240	43.0
18	II	W	8.3	78	2.6	327	249	40	23.9
19	I	W	8.2	83	3.2	389	306	35	21.3
20	I	W	8.1	185a	2.7	324	157	35	54.1a
Mean value			8.8	90	2.8	338	248	99	26.9

Hb Hemoglobin concentration (mmol/l), Fe iron concentration (μg/dl), Tf transferrin concentration (g/l), TIBC total iron-binding capacity (μg/dl), UIBC unbound iron-binding capacity (μg/dl), Ferr ferritin concentration (μg/l), transferrin saturation (%), W woman, M man

^aAbove or below the laboratory norm. For examples of the EPR spectrum types see Figs. 2 and 3