title: Plasma selenium concentration in patients with stomach and colon cancer in the Upper Silesia.
abstract: Plasma selenium concentration was assessed in 44 patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract (19 subjects with stomach cancer and 25 with colon cancer) and 25 age-matched healthy control subjects. Selenium concentration was determined by the fluorometric method. The observed plasma selenium concentrations in gastrointestinal cancer patients (37.0 +/- 11.05 ng Se/ml or 38.4 +/- 12.6 ng Se/ml in stomach or colon cancer patients, respectively) were significantly lower as compared to the healthy age-matched control group (51.4 +/- 14.4 ng Se/ml). The diagnosed low selenium status may be considered as a high risk for cancer development.
authors.affiliation: I Clinic of Internal Diseases, Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scieszka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machalski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drózdz
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium