title: Role of trace elements in cancer.
abstract: The review considers trace elements including fluorine, copper, manganese, zinc, cobalt, chromium, selenium, molybdenum, tin, vanadium, silicon, and nickel from the standpoint of their role as either inhibitory or causative agents of cancer and also the possible use of their assay in biological fluids as diagnostic or prognostic aids in patients with cancer.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001194:Asbestos / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D001608:Beryllium / Q000633:toxicity; D002857:Chromium / Q000097:blood; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D020149:Manganese Poisoning; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D009532:Nickel / Q000633:toxicity; D012643:Selenium / Q000633:toxicity; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D002857:Chromium; D001194:Asbestos; D008345:Manganese; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel; D012643:Selenium; D015032:Zinc; D001608:Beryllium