Amit Pal, Aninda Dhar, Muhammad Aaqib Shamim, Isha Rani, Ram Rattan Negi, Aaina Sharma, Namrata Chatterjee, Anmol Goyal, Sadashiv, Bandhan Kaur, Vincenzo Tondolo, Mauro Rongioletti, Subha Ranjan Samantaray, Mehboob Hoque, Anil Pawar, Kalyan Goswami, Rosanna Squitti
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a growing public health problem. Several clinical studies have shown a potentially protective effect of selenium (Se), but the reports are inconsistent. The objective of the study was to examine the evidence for relation between serum/tissue Se status and CRC. METHOD AND MATERIALS: In this Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, we searched Cochrane Library, EBSCOhost, EMBASE, ProQuest, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science for studies reporting serum/plasma/whole blood/tissue Se concentrations in CRC patients and controls for articles published till August 2023...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology