Zinc, carotene, and retinol in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.
Serum zinc, beta-carotene, retinol, retinol binding protein and prealbumin were measured in 22 cutaneous melanoma patients at diagnosis and in 17 patients with 1 or more basal cell carcinomas of the skin recently removed. The indices measured were found to distinguish melanoma patients from non-melanoma patients with a high level of accuracy. Moreover, the predictability of zinc depends on the level of beta-carotene, and this dependence differs between melanoma and non-melanoma patients.
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong.
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D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000097:blood*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids; D015032:Zinc