{"title":"Preoperative chemotherapy with Gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer causes zinc deficiency.","authors":"Masahiro Iseki, Masamichi Mizuma, Mitsuhiro Shimura, Takashi Kokumai, Hideaki Sato, Akiko Kusaka, Shuichi Aoki, Koetsu Inoue, Shun Nakayama, Daisuke Douchi, Takayuki Miura, Shimpei Maeda, Masaharu Ishida, Kei Nakagawa, Takashi Kamei, Michiaki Unno","doi":"10.1097/MPA.0000000000002396","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate how preoperative chemotherapy affected the serum zinc concentrations in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two hundreds and thirty-one patients with PC who underwent pancreatectomy at our department from 2013 to 2019 were enrolled in this study and measured for the serum zinc concentrations before pancreatectomy. Patient characteristics, course of treatment, and laboratory data were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred thirty-five patients underwent upfront pancreatectomy and 58 received preoperative Gemcitabine + S1 (GEM + S1) and 29 received Gemcitabine + nab-Paclitaxel (GEM + nab-PTX). Comparing the serum zinc concentrations before and after preoperative treatment, it was found to decrease after treatment with statistical difference (79.3 μg/dl vs. 68.7 μg/dl, p < 0.001). The result was consistent with the investigation for both the patients who received GEM + S1 and those who received GEM + nab-PTX (p = 0.019, p < 0.001, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":19733,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pancreas","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MPA.0000000000002396","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate how preoperative chemotherapy affected the serum zinc concentrations in patients with pancreatic cancer (PC).
Methods: Two hundreds and thirty-one patients with PC who underwent pancreatectomy at our department from 2013 to 2019 were enrolled in this study and measured for the serum zinc concentrations before pancreatectomy. Patient characteristics, course of treatment, and laboratory data were analyzed.
Results: One hundred thirty-five patients underwent upfront pancreatectomy and 58 received preoperative Gemcitabine + S1 (GEM + S1) and 29 received Gemcitabine + nab-Paclitaxel (GEM + nab-PTX). Comparing the serum zinc concentrations before and after preoperative treatment, it was found to decrease after treatment with statistical difference (79.3 μg/dl vs. 68.7 μg/dl, p < 0.001). The result was consistent with the investigation for both the patients who received GEM + S1 and those who received GEM + nab-PTX (p = 0.019, p < 0.001, respectively).
Conclusions: 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.
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Pancreas provides a central forum for communication of original works involving both basic and clinical research on the exocrine and endocrine pancreas and their interrelationships and consequences in disease states. This multidisciplinary, international journal covers the whole spectrum of basic sciences, etiology, prevention, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and surgical and medical management of pancreatic diseases, including cancer.