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The disturbances of the zinc concentration in the blood in selected neoplasms

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A study was carried out on 92 patients (58 males and 34 females) aged 42–76 treated for malignant neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract (54 patients with colorectal carcinoma, 38 with gastric carcinoma). In all patients, the zinc serum concentration was measured and the results obtained were referred to some epidemiological-clinical factors (sex, age, primary cause of cancer, the stage of clinical progression, and histological type). The results showed that the most pronounced hypozincemia occurred in male patients with mucous membrane carcinoma of the stomach.

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  1. Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, 20 Grzegórzecka Str., 31-531, Kraków, Poland

    Malgorzata Schlegel-Zawadzka

  2. Clinical Military Hospital, 1-3 Wroclawska Str., 30-901, Kraków, Poland

    Zbigniew Kopański (Chair), Janusz Tabak, Tomasz Puto & Barbara Engel

  3. Department of Anthropology and Anatomy, Academy of Physical Education, Al. Jana Pawla II 78, 31-571, Kraków, Poland

    Zbigniew Kopański (Chair)

  4. Institute of Forensic Research, 9 Westerplatte Str., 31-033, Kraków, Poland

    Wojciech Piekoszewski

  5. Department of Clinical and Industrial Toxicology, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Os. Zlotej Jesieni 1, 30-826, Kraków, Poland

    Wojciech Piekoszewski

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Schlegel-Zawadzka, M., Kopański, Z., Piekoszewski, W. et al. The disturbances of the zinc concentration in the blood in selected neoplasms. Biol Trace Elem Res 89, 139–144 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:89:2:139

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