| Literature DB >> 8225448 |
K Krishnaswamy1, M P Prasad, T P Krishna, S Pasricha.
Abstract
As selenium has been shown to be a risk modifier of cancer at several sites in a case-control approach, selenium nutriture was studied in oral and oesophageal cancer patients. The mean selenium level in oral cancer patients was 102.6 ng/ml and in oesophageal cancer 103.3 ng/ml, while in the matched controls it was 117.5 and 116.2 ng/ml respectively. Relative risk estimates were 3.16 (P < 0.02) and 16.0 (P < 0.01) in oral and oesophageal cancer patients respectively. The risk appears to increase with selenium levels lower than 115 ng/ml.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8225448
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Med Res ISSN： 0971-5916 Impact factor: 2.375