THE HYPOTHETICAL ROLE OF ZINC, MAGNESIUM, SELENIUM AND CAROTENOIDS IN THE PREVENTION OF PROSTATE CANCER: A CLINICAL BASIC STUDY

This study aimed to estimate an essential traces elements levels of Zinc (Zn), Magnesium (Mg), and Selenium (Se) also β-carotene and Lycopene from carotenoids to evaluate their roles in protecting of prostate gland cells from various oxidative processes in order to protect DNA from mutation which results in the accidence of prostate cancer. the samples of the study are selected from the community were they suffering from prostate cancer were taken randomly from 15 of men, suffering from prostate and 13persons healthy men, aged 45 to 70 years old. Results showed a highly significant which decreased when p < 0.001 in all level of Zn, Mg, Se β-carotene, Lycopene