Correlation Between Blood Albumin Levels and Blood Calcium Levels in Breast Cancer Patients

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and is the main cause of fatalities. In breast cancer patients, serum albumin levels are often decreased due to cancer therapy, malnutrition, and the systemic inflammatory response to the tumor. Most of the calcium in the blood circulation is bound to protein. If plasma protein concentrations increase (as in dehydration), protein-bound calcium and total serum calcium increase. This study aims to analyze the correlation between blood albumin levels and blood calcium levels in individuals with breast cancer. The research method used was analytical observational with a cross-sectional study design. A total of 36 patients diagnosed with breast cancer were examined at RSUD Prof. DR. WZ Johannes for the period January to March 2023 was used as a sample in this study using a purposive sampling method approach. Average The albumin level in the respondents' blood was 3.64 g/dL and the average calcium level in the respondents' blood was 2.53 mmol/L. The results of the Pearson Correlation parametric test showed a significance value of p = 0.022 (p-value <0.05) with r = 0.380. So the conclusions that can be drawn from this study are there is a significant relationship between blood albumin levels and blood calcium levels in breast cancer patients.