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result sql = Serum and tissue selenium levels in gastric cancer patients and correlation with CEA.
Serum and tissue selenium levels in gastric cancer patients and correlation with CEA.
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result sql = BACKGROUND : An inverse relationship between selenium (Se) intake and cancer mortality is evident in humans.

MATERIALS AND METHODS : In eighty patients who had been operated on for primary gastric cancer, serum Se and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were measured preoperatively using a fluorometric and immunoradiometric assay (IRMA), respectively.

RESULTS : The serum Se levels were 43+/-6.3 microg l(-1) in the patient group and 68.7+/-4.5 microg l(-1) in healthy individuals (p<0.001). The serum CEA was 12+/-1.9 U ml(-1) in the gastric cancer patients and 2.1 U ml(-1) in the control group (p<0.001). The Se tissue concentrations were 2,640+/-220 mg g(-1) in excised neoplastic tissue and 685+/-115 mg g(-1) in non-neoplastic tissue (p<0.001). An inverse correlation between Se and CEA serum levels was found (r=-0.782). There was no correlation between serum/tissue Se concentration and disease stage/histological type or gender in the patient group.

Publication: Anticancer Res. 2009 Aug ;29(8)::3465-7.
Publication Date: 2009 Aug
Study Author(s): Charalabopoulos, Konstantinos;Kotsalos, Athanasios;Batistatou, Anna;Charalabopoulos, Alexander;Peschos, Dimitrios;Vezyraki, Patra;Kalfakakou, Vicky;Metsios, Apostolos;Charalampopoulos, Anestis;Macheras, Anastasios;Agnantis, Niki;Evangelou, Agelos;
Institution: Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. [email protected]
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BACKGROUND : An inverse relationship between selenium (Se) intake and cancer mortality is evident in humans.

MATERIALS AND METHODS : In eighty patients who had been operated on for primary gastric cancer, serum Se and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were measured preoperatively using a fluorometric and immunoradiometric assay (IRMA), respectively.

RESULTS : The serum Se levels were 43+/-6.3 microg l(-1) in the patient group and 68.7+/-4.5 microg l(-1) in healthy individuals (p<0.001). The serum CEA was 12+/-1.9 U ml(-1) in the gastric cancer patients and 2.1 U ml(-1) in the control group (p<0.001). The Se tissue concentrations were 2,640+/-220 mg g(-1) in excised neoplastic tissue and 685+/-115 mg g(-1) in non-neoplastic tissue (p<0.001). An inverse correlation between Se and CEA serum levels was found (r=-0.782). There was no correlation between serum/tissue Se concentration and disease stage/histological type or gender in the patient group.
PMID: 19661375

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