Preoperative Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine for Pancreatic Cancer Causes Zinc Deficiency
The preoperative chemotherapy consistently reduced the serum zinc concentrations in the PC patients, regardless of their regimen such as GEM + S1 and GEM + nab-PTX. Monitoring the serum zinc concentration and appropriate zinc supplementation may be essential for PC patients undergoing preoperative chemotherapy and pancreatectomy.
Authors
- Daisuke Douchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4582-6589)
- Kei Nakagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-5674)
- Takashi Kamei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-0463)
- Masamichi Mizuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-5477)
- Mitsuhiro Shimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-8081)
- Takashi Kokumai
- A. Kusaka
- Takayuki Miura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-5537)
- Koetsu Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9009-3084)
- Masahiro Iseki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-3810)
- Michiaki Unno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-6416)
- Hideaki Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8343-2102)
- Shimpei Maeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9344-6527)
- S. Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-0753)
- Shuichi Aoki
- Masaharu Ishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-4043)
Institutions
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Primary Source (US)
- Institute for Conflict Research (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pancreas
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mpa.0000000000002396
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trace Elements in Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.31