Table 3 Zinc Levels in Tumor Tissue

Breast, gallbladder, colon, bronchus, lung

Decreased serum zinc

[81–83, 86]

Liver, kidney, lung

Increased zinc in peritumor tissue as compared to both normal tissue and tumor itself

[86]

Breast, lung (likely others except prostate)

Increased zinc in tumor tissue

[86, 87]

Prostate

Decreased zinc in tumor tissue

[86, 88]

Head and Neck

Increasing zinc improves local free survival, Decreased serum zinc near end of life

[84, 201]