title: Study of zinc content in blood serum of the patients with malignant tumors of the digestive systems.
abstract: Zinc (Zn)--the important atomavit (essential chemical element), which participates in 120 reactions proceeding in a living organism. There were been found the abnormal Zn-levels in blood in the cases of the various pathologies, including malignant tumors (MT) of the digestive systems. It has been determined the Zn-levels in the blood serum of 48 patients with MT of the digestive systems (nosologies: 24--MT of stomachs, 10--esophagus, 14--colorectum) and 12 practically healthy persons. The results have been analyzed using binomial criteria (alpha=0.05; p<0.05). It has been found that in patients with MT of digestive systems increase or decrease of Zn-levels in the blood serum occurs with equal probability. That seems to reflect the peculiarities of functional disorders in mucous membranes, through which the Zn-absorption occurs.
authors.affiliation: Gvamichava National Cancer Center, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varazashvili
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Osmanova
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giorgobiani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tushishvili
mesh_terms: D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc