Assessment of levels lead, cadmium and copper in serum of patients with lung cancer compared with healthy peoples in Babil government

• Main Authors: Naji, Tabarek Falah, Hassoon, Samah O.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cadmium; Copper; Heavy metals; Lead; Lung cancer; Motivation; Toxicity
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0122501

Heavy metal exposure is regarded as the most serious threat to human health and the biological system, Increases and decreases in them cause a great deal of damage, including toxicity. Recently, an increase in cancer cases has been observed in Babil Governorate which is a major motivation to measure the concentration of heavy metals in human serum of blood . In this study, 15 samples were taken from lung cancer patients compared with 15 healthy peoples volunteers. The level of Pb found to be range (0.1211 - 0.1684 ppm, Mean±SD=0.14001±0.0144 ppm in healthy group) but was found (0.0895 - 0.1526 ppm, Mean±SD=0.1266±0.0193 ppm in lung cancer patients). The value of Cd found to be range (0.0460 - 0.0667 ppm Mean±SD=0.05922±0.0047 ppm in healthy group) but was found (0.0563 - 0.0861 ppm Mean±SD=0.0674±0.0070 ppm in patients ). The value of Cu found to be range (0.4092 - 0.7415 ppm, Mean±SD=0.5362± 0.1023 ppm in healthy group) The value of Cu found (0.5403 - 1.4488 ppm, Mean±SD = 0.7685±0.2350 ppm in patients). These study concluded the level of Pb in patients and healthy group were found higher than acceptable limits 0.05 ppm, but was found the level of Copper and Cadmium less than acceptable limits at 1.59 and 0.12 ppm in patients and healthy.