title: [Concentration of selenium and vitamin E in the serum of women with malignant genital neoplasms and their family members].
abstract: Lower concentrations of selenium and vitamin E were found in the serum of 50 women with malignant neoplasms of the genitals as compared with the concentrations in 55 healthy women family members of the patients living with them in common households. The degree of concentration decrease of these substances in the serum depended on the location of the tumour, and in cases of cervical neoplasms was 28% for selenium and 12% for vitamin E of the values in controls while in cases of ovarian neoplasms it was 34% and 37% respectively and in endometrial tumours it was 40% and 23% respectively. The third studied group comprised 36 healthy subjects not belonging to the families of the patients. The highest concentrations of selenium and vitamin E were found in the serum in the third group of women. The results suggest that various family factors not analysed in this study affect the concentrations of selenium and vitamin E in the serum of women with malignant neoplasms of genitals and in their family members.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drózdz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomala
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jendryczko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Banaś
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D012643:Selenium
vernacular_title: Stezenie selenu i witaminy E w surowicy krwi kobiet z nowotworami złośliwymi narzadów płciowych oraz u członków ich rodzin.