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Zn and Cd concentrations in tissue of normal prostate gland, BPH and prostatic carcinoma of different histological grades have been determined by atomic absorption spectrometry before therapy. We found a distinct biological anatagonistic effect between Zn and Cd in the human prostate gland. We have seen an increasing amount of Zn in BPH, but a decrease in prostatic cancer. In contrast, we found a continuous increase of cadmium concentration from the normal prostate via BPH through carcinoma.
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Feustel, A., Wennrich, R., Steiniger, D. et al. Zinc and cadmium concentration in prostatic carcinoma of different histological grading in comparison to normal prostate tissue and adenofibromyomatosis (BPH). Urol. Res. 10, 301–303 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00255877
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