Vitamin A, zinc and lung cancer
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- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 40 (6) , 927-931
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1979.287
Abstract
Serum vitamin A concentration were measured in 26 newly diagnosed lung-cancer patients and found to be significantly lower than those of patients of similar age with either non-malignant lung or non-lung diseases. The levels of vitamin A in the lung-cancer patients, but not in the controls, were significantly correlated with serum concentrations of retinol-binding protein (RBP) and zinc. It is suggested that low levels of zinc might reduce the synthesis of RBP and thus reduce the mobilization of vitamin A from the liver.Keywords
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