The Correlation Between Potential "Anti- Cancer" Trace Elements and the Risk of Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study in a Chinese Population.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease without clear pathogenesis and effective primary prevention. The "anti-cancer" effects of several trace elements have received increasing attention in recent years. The main purpose of current study is to explore the differences of three potential "anti-cancer" trace elements selenium (Se), molybdenum (Mo), and strontium (Sr) between patients with malignant breast tumors and healthy controls.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study in 45 patients with malignant breast tumors as cases and 95 healthy volunteers as controls from Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China. The serum concentrations of trace elements were evaluated by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Results

The cases m

SUBMITTER: Xue H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8383177 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature