ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2014
Screening of trace elements in hair of the female population with different types of cancers in Wielkopolska region of Poland.
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- The multifaceted role of hair as a biospecimen: recent advances in precision medicine and forensic science.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Human hair as a diagnostic tool in medicine.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025Review
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- Analysis of trace elements in human hair through X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy for screening of prostate cancer.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020Article
- Disparities in the Concentrations of Essential/Toxic Elements in the Blood and Scalp Hair of Lymphoma Patients and Healthy Subjects.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Essential trace elemental levels (zinc, iron and copper) in the biological samples of smoker referent and pulmonary tuberculosis patients.Toxicology reports · 2019Article
- Non Invasive XRF Analysis of Human Hair for Health State Determination of Breast Tissue.Iranian journal of cancer prevention · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundCancer constitutes a major health problem worldwide. Thus, search for reliable and practical markers of the disease process remains the key issue of the diagnostic process.
objectivesThe study aims at linking the trace element status of an organism, assessed by hair analysis, with the occurrence of cancer diseases. MATERIAL AND
methodsHair samples were collected from 299 patients with cancer diseases confirmed by a histopathological test and from 100 controls. Cancer patients were divided into three groups, depending on cancer type: hormone-dependent cancer, cancer of the alimentary tract, and cancer with high glycolytic activity. Mineral element analysis of hair was performed using an atomic emission spectrophotometer with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
resultsStatistically significantly lower concentrations of selenium, zinc, copper, germanium and boron, iron, and magnesium were observed in the three groups of cancer patients. Disturbance in the axis glucose-insulin and changes in concentrations of heavy metals and toxic elements were also noted.
conclusionsIt seems safe to conclude that our results confirmed usefulness of hair element analysis in screening tests for the assessment of the biomarker of various cancer diseases in a female population.
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