ArticleNutrients2021
Serum Selenium Level Predicts 10-Year Survival after Breast Cancer.
Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- The Effect of Blood Selenium Level on the pCR Rate in Breast Cancer Patient Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.Cancers · 2025Article
- Serum metabolite and metal ions profiles for breast cancer screening.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Influence of smoking status on the relationship between serum selenium and cause-specific mortality in US adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Blood and Serum Se and Zn Levels and 10-Year Survival of Patients after a Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- A Diet Lacking Selenium, but Not Zinc, Copper or Manganese, Induces Anticancer Activity in Mice with Metastatic Cancers.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Micronutrient Status and Breast Cancer: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Correlation between Selenium and Zinc Levels and Survival among Prostate Cancer Patients.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Selenium in cancer management: exploring the therapeutic potential.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Exploring the human microbiome - A step forward for precision medicine in breast cancer.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Preparative Biocatalytic Synthesis of α-Ketomethylselenobutyrate-A Putative Agent for Cancer Therapy.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Serum Essential Elements and Survival after Cancer Diagnosis.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Metabolism of Selenium, Selenocysteine, and Selenoproteins in Ferroptosis in Solid Tumor Cancers.Biomolecules · 2022Review
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Abstract
In a recent prospective study, we reported an association between a low serum selenium level and five-year survival among breast cancer patients. We now have updated the cohort to include 10-year survival rates. A blood sample was obtained from 538 women diagnosed with first primary invasive breast cancer between 2008 and 2015 in the region of Szczecin, Poland. Blood was collected before initiation of treatment. Serum selenium levels were quantified by mass spectroscopy. Each patient was assigned to one of four quartiles based on the distribution of serum selenium levels in the whole cohort. Patients were followed from diagnosis until death or last known alive (mean follow-up 7.9 years). The 10-year actuarial cumulative survival was 65.1% for women in the lowest quartile of serum selenium, compared to 86.7% for women in the highest quartile (
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