title: The disturbances of the zinc concentration in the blood in selected neoplasms.
abstract: A study was carried out on 92 patients (58 males and 34 females) aged 42-76 treated for malignant neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract (54 patients with colorectal carcinoma, 38 with gastric carcinoma). In all patients, the zinc serum concentration was measured and the results obtained were referred to some epidemiological-clinical factors (sex, age, primary cause of cancer, the stage of clinical progression, and histological type). The results showed that the most pronounced hypozincemia occurred in male patients with mucous membrane carcinoma of the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlegel-Zawadzka
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kopański
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piekoszewski
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tabak
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Puto
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc