Heavy metals in biological samples of cancer patients: a systematic literature review.
Breast cancer
Gastric cancer
Heavy metals
Lung cancer
Prostate cancer
Trace elements
Journal
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine
ISSN: 1572-8773
Titre abrégé: Biometals
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9208478
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Feb 2024
12 Feb 2024
Historique:
received:
24
03
2023
accepted:
07
01
2024
medline:
13
2
2024
pubmed:
13
2
2024
entrez:
12
2
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The majority of the so-called heavy metals are suspected to be involved in a number of pathologies and play a role in human carcinogenesis. Some of them (i.e. arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg) and nickel (Ni)) have been defined as carcinogens, increasing the susceptibility of tumor development and progression in humans. Moreover, Ni, Cr, Cd, Hg, and Pb together with zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), may be capable of stimulating the progression of breast cancer and reducing a patient's sensitivity to treatment through alterations to DNA methylation. In patients with gastric cancers, levels of various heavy metals are augmented and hypothesized to amplify the expression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 gene. Cd may increase the risk of lung cancer development and have a negative impact on the overall survival of lung cancer patients. To investigate the relation between heavy metals in biological samples and risk, occurrence and survival cancer individuals, a comprehensive review work was performed, with a focus on breast, lung, prostate and gastric cancers. An extensive search strategy was devised to ensure relevant literature could be identified, with the PECO framework being adopted to facilitate this and identify key search terms. As evidenced in this review, there is substantial data to support the hypothesis that heavy metals influence tumor development and progression. Unluckily the number of papers dealing with the determination of metals directly in samples from cancer tissues is still rather limited, so we decided to expand the scope of this review also to analyses carried out on other biological samples, as urine, plasma, hair, nail, etc. The studies reviewed showed that several limitations and current knowledge gaps are present in the literature that require further investigation to improve our comprehension of the impact of different heavy metals on tumorigenesis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38347295
doi: 10.1007/s10534-024-00583-4
pii: 10.1007/s10534-024-00583-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : This research was funded by FAR 2019 of Serenella Medici and Ciriaco Carru
ID : FAR 2019
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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