ReviewBiological trace element research2022
Dietary Trace Element Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Mini Review.
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- Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening Barriers Among Female University Students of Pakistan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Diagnostic performance of serum vitamin D metabolites and 14 inorganic elements in early prediction of kidney neoplasm.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- A Case-Control Study of Association Between Serum Levels of 19 Trace Elements with Prostate Cancer in Southwest China.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Associations between dietary exposure to profiles of metalloestrogens and estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer risk in the French E3N cohort.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- Association of multiple dietary metal intake with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2003-2018.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Zinc Deficiency as a General Feature of Cancer: a Review of the Literature.Biological trace element research · 2024Review
- Comparison of trace elements in peripheral blood and bone marrow of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Article
- Current Trends on the Involvement of Zinc, Copper, and Selenium in the Process of Hepatocarcinogenesis.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Iron and cancer: overview of the evidence from population-based studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Association of Dietary Intake of Zinc and Selenium with Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Chinese Women.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The progress in the relationship between trace elements and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Trace elements are essentially required for various physiological and metabolic functions, and any disturbance in the trace elements homeostasis may result in the development of chronic diseases including breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer type reported in women equally affecting both the high-income and low-income countries. This review therefore aimed to evaluate the impact of dietary trace element intake in relation to the incidence of breast cancer. We focused on five trace elements, thus emphasizing dietary selenium, zinc, iron, copper, and cadmium intake and risk of breast cancer. A systematic approach was applied to perform this review through entering a search term in PubMed and Scopus databases. A total of 24 articles were included after meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Most of the studies regarding dietary iron intake showed a detrimental effect of increased dietary heme iron on breast cancer incidence risk. In addition, there is a limited evidence of high dietary intake of selenium and zinc to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Also, a few studies showed a relationship between high cadmium consumption and risk of breast cancer. More studies related to cadmium and copper exposure are needed to confirm this relationship. As a result, the findings of this review suggested that high dietary heme iron is a potential risk factor for breast cancer.
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