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Zinc in Cancer Therapy

1Zefat Academic College, Israel


American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2016, Vol. 4 No. 4, 112-114
DOI: 10.12691/ajfn-4-4-4
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education Publishing

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Amos Gelbard. Zinc in Cancer Therapy. American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2016; 4(4):112-114. doi: 10.12691/ajfn-4-4-4.

Correspondence to: Amos  Gelbard, Zefat Academic College, Israel. Email: amosgelbard@gmail.com

Abstract

This study aims to prove that Zinc supplementation can be an effective treatment against Cancer according to the immunotherapeutic theory and in accordance with the results of several recent and older studies. It would show proof of Zinc Supplementation to enable significant improvement in treated patients as tested by different parameters [2] and to reduce tumor burden in mice [3], review Plasma Zinc level testings that show reduced zinc levels in correlation with the advancement stages of the disease [4], General public data that shows dietary intake of Zinc to reduce the risk of lung cancer [5] and of other types of cancer [6] and show evidence of reduced zinc levels in all forms of malignant tissue [7].

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