ArticleIndian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB2018
Investigation of Trace Elements in the Hair and Nail of Patients with Stomach Cancer.
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- Assessment of metal exposure in fingernails of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer: a case study in Vietnamese men.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
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- Trace elements in hair or fingernail and gastroesophageal cancers: results from a population-based case-control study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Elemental Analysis of Laryngeal Cancer Patients in Comparison with Controls Using Scalp Hair as an Analytical Tool.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Drinking water and health assessment in a Northern Arizona community.Human and ecological risk assessment : HERA · 2023Article
- Hair Shaft Morphology, Elemental Composition, and Nanoparticles in Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: A Case-control Study.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2021Article
- Study of Essential and Toxic Metal Imbalances in the Scalp Hair of Thyroid Cancer Patients in Comparison with Healthy Donors.Biological trace element research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Trace metals are beneficial nutrient materials that act as essential cofactors in physiological processes. Recent evidence suggests that increase or decrease in certain trace metals may be related with risk and development of chronic diseases such as cancer. This study analyzed some trace elements level in hair and nail of patients with stomach cancer, and compared with their level in healthy controls. Trace elements (Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Se, Sr and Zn) are estimated in hair and nail of the 73 cancer patients and 83 controls by atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. The levels of Cu, K, Li, P and Se in hair and nail samples, were significantly higher in cases than controls. Levels of Mg and Sr were significantly lower in cases than controls. Fe level in hair samples was significantly higher in cases than controls. The mean concentrations of Fe, Se and P significantly increased with increasing cancer stage in the hair of patients. The average concentration of k also significantly increased with increasing cancer stage in the nail of patients. The results of our study show that there is an association between the increase in Cu, K, Li, P, Se and Fe, and stomach cancer development. Our results reveal that the increase in the trace elements could be a potential diagnostic marker to predict cancer progression and its etiology.
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