SynthesisOncotarget2016
Meta-analysis of the association between selenium and gastric cancer risk.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Serum markers and gastric cancer: an umbrella review.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Risk factors for gastric cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Selenium for preventing cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of the correlation between selenium and incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma.Oncotarget · 2016Pooled it
- All-Cause Mortality and Cancer Risk Dependent on Blood Se Level and HRG rs10770 Genotypes on a Prospective Cohort of Women with Familial Breast Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Association of urinary metal exposure with H. pylori seropositivity and mortality in the U.S. Population: NHANES 1999-2000 analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Co-exposure to iron, copper, zinc, selenium and titanium is associated with the prevention of gastric precancerous lesions.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023Article
- Association between trace element concentrations in cancerous and non-cancerous tissues with the risk of gastrointestinal cancers in Eastern Iran.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Selenium as a Bioactive Micronutrient in the Human Diet and Its Cancer Chemopreventive Activity.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Role of Selenoproteins in Bacterial Pathogenesis.Biological trace element research · 2019Review
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
To clarify the effects of selenium level on the risk of gastric cancer (GC) and GC mortality, a meta-analysis was performed. Related studies were identified from PubMed, EMBASE, Springer Link, Ovid, Chinese Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Chinese Biology Medicine (CBM). Pooled ORs and 95% CIs were used to assess the strengthof the associations. A total of 8 studies including 17834 subjects were involved in this meta-analysis. High selenium level was associated with GC risk in case-control study (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.44-0.89, P = 0.009; I2 = 52%) and cohort study (OR = 0.87, 95% CI 0.78-0.97, P = 0.01; I2 = 25%). In addition, high selenium level was associated with GC mortality risk (OR = 0.90, 95% CI 0.84-0.97, P = 0.006, I2 = 49%). In summary, this meta-analysis suggested that selenium might inversely associated with GC risk and GC mortality.
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