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Evaluation of the Serum and Tissue Levels of Copper and Zinc in Patients with Gynecologic Tumors.................. | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-502 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Dr. Elham A. Mahdi; Layla A. Mohamad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| serum and tissue copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) levels were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 20 women with malignant gynecologic tumors and compared with levels in 15 with benign gynecologic tumors .A significant (p<0.05) elevation of serum copper levels in gynecological cancer patients when compared with those of benign diseases .Estimation of zinc level demonstrated a non statistically significant difference between malignant and benign gynecologic tumor patients . Determination of tissue copper and zinc contents revealed a significant (p<0.005) elevations of copper and non significant (p>0.005) decrease of zinc in malignant tissues with respect to those of benign tumors .In addition to it, there were essentially correlation between copper and zinc levels in serum and their levels in tissue in cancer patients but no such correlation in patients with benign tumors. | ||
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