Comparison of Iron-Based Supplements and their Possible Use in Adjuvant Therapy in Oncology Patients

Abstract

The study of iron metabolism is one of the most widespread topics in medical literature, where it is treated with different approaches and methods and with different protocols. This depends on the particular chemical-physical properties of iron, which make it an element that is difficult to manage both as a chemical substance and as an element that, although physiologically essential, has limited therapeutic margins. In this study we discuss extensively the chemical aspects of iron, and the metabolic activities in which it participates as an essential biological element. Its necessity and diffusion in all fundamental biological processes, which we recall in this work, has stimulated the search for various forms of delivery and administration, which would make it more easily manageable.The aim of this article is to compare the various formulations and technologies with which it is proposed on the market, and in particular 
to present our original formulation that we have used in a particularly difficult to treat case history, such as that of cancer patients, as an adjuvant to basic chemotherapy. The positive results we have obtained in the small case study we present encourage us to continue the research with larger and more detailed case studies, and as an effective and safe aid, to be used in all cases of iron deficiency and anemia in all its expressions.