Poster: Methods to assess Selenium exposure: evaluation of dietary intake and biomarkers in melanoma patients and populationcontrols
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- Published on Thursday, 15 September 2011 15:00
BACKGROUND
Selenium is a metalloid of strong nutritional and toxicological importance, whose relation with risk of chronic diseases, including cancer, is still uncertain and currently under active investigation. Different methods to estimate selenium exposure in the human have been suggested but their strengths and limitations are still controversial. We assessed selenium status in a group of melanoma patients and population controls, by evaluating their average dietary intake of the metalloid and its concentrations in plasma and toenails.
