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Toxic elements As and Th, six rare-earth elemental profiles of brain tumor tissues from 16 patients of astrocytomas (grade I–III), and normal human brain tissues of 18 male, age-matched autopsies serving as controls have been studied by radiochemical neutron activation analysis. P-204 [di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate] extraction chromatography column was used for group separation of rare-earth element (REE) by one step. Compared with the normal brain tissues, the analytical results showed that the concentrations of Th, La, Ce, Gd, and Lu were significantly higher in tumor tissues (P<0.01 or 0.001). The possible effects of REE on tumor cell were discussed.
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Zhuang, G., Zhou, Y., Lu, H. et al. Concentration of rare earth elements, As, and Th in human brain and brain tumors, determined by neutron activation analysis. Biol Trace Elem Res 53, 45–49 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784543
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784543