Cancer | Zinc level | References |
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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] |