Concentration of Cd, Pb, Hg, and Se in Different Parts of Human Breast Cancer Tissues

Table 1

Mean, standard deviation, and range of metal concentration (μg/kg) in 4 parts of tegmen, tumor, tumor adiposity, and tegmen adiposity of 14 breast cancer tissues.

Metals	Cancer tissues	Mean	Standard deviation	Range
Cadmium	Tegmen	35.51	14.43	22.14–77.36
	Tumor	45.04	18.85	25.14–87.93
	Tumor adiposity	41.15	18.42	21.83–77.77
	Tegmen adiposity	32.95	6.27	21.25–38.54
Lead	Tegmen	336.18	119.00	215.72–609.84
	Tumor	327.5	96.37	246.47–536.71
	Tumor adiposity	396.52	176.94	232.68–839.27
	Tegmen adiposity	365.73	138.35	216.63–617.61
Mercury	Tegmen	29.10	10.30	16.90–52.52
	Tumor	33.26	16.08	19.04–79.42
	Tumor adipose	28.04	7.13	17.85–44.24
	Tegmen adipose	26.13	7.01	15.86–39.12
Selenium	Tegmen	767.60	336.36	56.22–1219.18
	Tumor	1040.26	562.12	479.97–2226.86
	Tumor adipose	823.88	320.54	248.57–1367.14
	Tegmen adipose	731.79	397.35	41.07–1426.38