title: Zinc, vitamin A and prostatic cancer.
abstract: The serum zinc, vitamin A, albumin, copper and retinoid-binding protein content was measured in 27 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and 19 patients with carcinoma of the prostate. A significantly lower (P = less than 0.05) level of serum zinc was found in the cancer group as well as a significant zinc/vitamin A correlation (P = less than 0.05). The possible significance of this in relation to the pathogenesis of carcinoma of the prostate is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014801:Vitamin A; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc