Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Mona A El-Harouny

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  Chronic Toxicity of Some Heavy Metals and Breast Cancer in Egyptian Females
  Author(s): Mona A El-Harouny, Doaa A El-Morsi, Basel R A Ahmed and Hend M Abo El-AttaMona A El-Harouny, Doaa A El-Morsi, Basel R A Ahmed and Hend M Abo El-Atta
  
  Heavy metals as environmental pollutants have been recognized to have a role in induction of malignant human growths. Recently, certain heavy metals showed a close association to breast cancer. This research was conducted to find out the role of some toxic heavy metals (cadmium, iron, copper, lead and zinc) in induction of breast cancer in-vivo. The study was carried out on 100 female patients: 75 with breast cancer (cancerous group) and 25 with benign breast diseases (non-cancerous group). Patients were chosen from those attending to the Oncology Center, Mansoura University. Heavy metals concentrations were measured in the urine and breast tissue samples using inductive coupled plasma (ICP) - spectrometer. The present results showed a significant increase in urine and tissue cadmium concentrations and urine copper concentration in cancerous patients compared to their corresponding no.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0495.1000109

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