Serum copper and zinc levels at diagnosis and hepatocellular carcinoma survival in the Guangdong Liver Cancer Cohort

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 144; no. 11; pp. 2823 - 2832
• Main Authors: Fang, Ai‐Ping, Chen, Pei‐Yan, Wang, Xiao‐Yan, Liu, Zhao‐Yan, Zhang, Dao‐Ming, Luo, Yun, Liao, Gong‐Cheng, Long, Jing‐An, Zhong, Rong‐Huan, Zhou, Zhong‐Guo, Xu, Yan‐Jun, Xu, Xiao‐Jun, Ling, Wen‐Hua, Chen, Min‐Shan, Zhang, Yao‐Jun, Zhu, Hui‐Lian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Cancer; Copper; Diagnosis; Health risk assessment; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cancer; Mass spectroscopy; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Micronutrients; prospective cohort; Serum levels; Survival; Zinc; copper; prospective cohort; zinc; hepatocellular carcinoma; survival

Copper and zinc are essential micronutrients, whose imbalance may be involved in the development and progression of cancer. However, the role of copper and/or zinc imbalance in the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently unclear. Our objective was to investigate the association betw...