TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence of low selenium levels in newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients
AU - Postovsky, Sergey
AU - Arush, Myriam Weyl Ben
AU - Diamond, Eric
AU - Elhasid, Ronit
AU - Shoshani, Gideon
AU - Shamir, Raanan
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Low selenium (Se) levels have been found in assoiciation with high incidences of various types of adult cancer. Much less is known about this issue among pediatric cancer patients. Forty-two pediatric patients with a variety of newly diagnosed malignancies were divided into two groups, 20 with localized disease (LD) and 22 with widespread disease (WSD). Analysis of serum collected before the commencement of treatment showed that half the patients had low Se serum levels, lower and more common in WSD than in LD. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of low albumin levels among patients with low Se levels, and most of the newly diagnosed children did not suffer from malnutrition. It was concluded that Se deficiency is common among newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients, Se levels are lower in WSD than LD, and low Se levels are more prevalent in WSD patients than in LD patients.
AB - Low selenium (Se) levels have been found in assoiciation with high incidences of various types of adult cancer. Much less is known about this issue among pediatric cancer patients. Forty-two pediatric patients with a variety of newly diagnosed malignancies were divided into two groups, 20 with localized disease (LD) and 22 with widespread disease (WSD). Analysis of serum collected before the commencement of treatment showed that half the patients had low Se serum levels, lower and more common in WSD than in LD. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of low albumin levels among patients with low Se levels, and most of the newly diagnosed children did not suffer from malnutrition. It was concluded that Se deficiency is common among newly diagnosed pediatric cancer patients, Se levels are lower in WSD than LD, and low Se levels are more prevalent in WSD patients than in LD patients.
KW - Incidence
KW - Newly diagnosed
KW - Pediatric cancer patients
KW - Selenium deficiency
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U2 - 10.1080/0888001039020246
DO - 10.1080/0888001039020246
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C2 - 12746159
AN - SCOPUS:0038101631
SN - 0888-0018
VL - 20
SP - 273
EP - 280
JO - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
JF - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
IS - 4
ER -