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. 1979 Dec;40(6):927-31.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.1979.287.

Vitamin A, zinc and lung cancer

S Atukorala, T K Basu, J W Dickerson, D Donaldson, A Sakula
Free PMC article

Vitamin A, zinc and lung cancer

S Atukorala et al. Br J Cancer. 1979 Dec.
Free PMC article

Abstract

Serum vitamin A concentration were measured in 26 newly diagnosed lung-cancer patients and found to be significantly lower than those of patients of similar age with either non-malignant lung or non-lung diseases. The levels of vitamin A in the lung-cancer patients, but not in the controls, were significantly correlated with serum concentrations of retinol-binding protein (RBP) and zinc. It is suggested that low levels of zinc might reduce the synthesis of RBP and thus reduce the mobilization of vitamin A from the liver.

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