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SUBMITTER: Wozniak A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4735250 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wozniak Anna A Napierala Marta M Golasik Magdalena M Herman Małgorzata M Walas Stanisław S Piekoszewski Wojciech W Szyfter Witold W Szyfter Krzysztof K Golusinski Wojciech W Baralkiewicz Danuta D Florek Ewa E
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine 20151211 1
Head and neck cancers are one of the most frequent cancers worldwide. This paper attempts to evaluate disturbances of homeostasis of the necessary elements (calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese) and changes in the levels of toxic metals (lead, cadmium, cobalt, chromium VI) in hair of patients with head and neck cancers, as well as people without a diagnosed neoplastic disease. In order to quantify the necessary elements and toxic metals, a method using ICP-MS and ICP-OES techniques ...[more]