SERUM VITAMIN-E LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST-CANCER


TORUN M., AKGUL S., SARGIN H.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.173-178, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

In this study, the serum vitamin E (total tocopherol) levels in patients with breast cancer (n = 100) and healthy controls (n = 70) were measured. The mean values for vitamin E were found to be 0.44 mg/100 ml in breast cancer patients and 1.108 mg/100 ml in controls. In the statistical evaluation, the vitamin E levels in breast cancer patients are significantly lower than in the controls (P<0.05). The influence of factors such as suckling period, age of first gestation, smoking status and dietary habits were also studied.