EMF-Link Hot Topics.
Cancer and EMF.

EMF-Link Hot Topics are capsule summaries of published scientific research excerpted from BENER Digest Update, a publication of Information Ventures, Inc. Complete abstracts and full citations are available to BENER Digest Update and EMF Database subscribers.

General Cancer Issues

Cancer Associated with Occupational Exposure
(Articles dealing with specific types of cancer appear further down on this page)

1. Evidence for a Possible Link Between Exposure to EMFs and Cancer
   
2. Links Between Pineal Gland Function and Cancer and the Effects of EMFs on the Pineal Gland
   
3. An Analysis of Cancer Among English Electrical Workers
   
4. An Integration of the Data on Mechanisms with Particular Reference to Cancer
   
5. Cancer Incidence in Persons with Occupational Exposure to Extremely Low-Frequency EMFs
   
6. Cancer Risks Associated with Occupational Exposure to Magnetic Fields Among Electric Utility Workers
   
7. Incidence of Cancer in Norwegian Female Radio and Telegraph Operators
   
8. Cancer Incidence Among Women in the Workplace
   

Cancer in Adults Associated with Residential Exposure

1. Meta-analysis Shows Adult Cancer Not Associated with Residential EMF Exposure

Childhood Cancers

1. Residential Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children
   
2. Overall Analysis of EMF/Childhood Cancer Studies Finds No Direct Link
   
3. Time Trends of Childhood Leukemia Incidence in New Zealand
   
4. Childhood Brain Tumor Risk in Relation to Use of Electric Blankets and Water Bed Heaters
   
5. A Population-Based Case-Control Study on Electromagnetic Fields and Childhood Leukemia
   
6. Review of EMFs and Cancer Evidence
   
7. Residential Magnetic Fields and Childhood Brain Tumors in Los Angeles
   
8. Epidemiology and Childhood Leukemia
   
9. Overview of Childhood Cancer Incidence and EMF Measures
   
10. Has a Causal Relationship Been Established Between EMFs and Childhood Cancer?
    
11. Magnetic Fields Inside Incubators for Newborn Infants
    
12. Associations Between Childhood Cancer and Magnetic Fields from Ground Current Sources
    
13. Childhood Cancer Occurrence in Relation to Power Line Configurations
    

General Reviews

1. A Review of the Potential Carcinogenic Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation
   
2. Does Physics Really Rule Out Power-Line Cancers
   
3. Biological Effects of Power-Frequency Fields as They Relate to Carcinogenesis
   

Specific Cancers

Brain Cancer

1. Childhood Brain Tumor Risk in Relation to Use of Electric Blankets and Water Bed Heaters
   
2. Meta-Analysis of Occupational EMF Exposure and Brain Cancer Studies
   
3. Brain Cancer and EMFs
4. Electromagnetic Fields and Brain Tumours: A Commentary
   
5. A Review of Environmental Risk Factors for Primary Malignant Brain Tumors
   
6. Perinatal and Early Postnatal Risk Factors for Malignant Brain Tumors in Children
   
7. Prenatal Risk Factors for Malignant Brain Tumors in Children
   

Breast Cancer

1. Do EMFs Affect Melatonin Production and Induce Breast Cancer?
   
2. Environmental Factors, Including Electromagnetic Fields, May Be Responsible for Some Breast Cancers
   
3. Occupational Exposures Associated with Male Breast Cancer
   
4. Employment Practices and Breast Cancer Among Radiologic Technologists
   
5. Major Differences in Breast Cancer Risks Among Occupations
   
6. Occupational Exposures and Female Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States
   
7. Occupation and Breast Cancer Risk in Middle-Aged Women
   
8. Breast Cancer Mortality Among Female Electrical Workers
   

Cervical Cancer

1. Occupation and Cervical Cancer
   

Leukemia

1. Clustering of Childhood Leukemia Incidence in Greece May be Due to Virus Exposures, Not Power Consumption
   
2. Electric and Magnetic Fields Exposures in Children with Leukemia
   
3. Relation Between Power Consumption and Leukemia Death Rates in Japan
   
4. Review of EMF-Childhood Leukemia Studies
   
5. Electromagnetic Fields Exposure During Pregnancy and Childhood Leukemia
   
6. Age of Exposure to Infections and Risk of Childhood Leukemia
   
7. Are Changes of Electric Power Consumption Associated with Childhood Leukemia?
   
8. Relationship between Occupational Exposure to EMFs and Leukemia and Brain Tumors
   
9. Factors Involved in the Development of Leukemia
   
10. Relationship Between the Risk of Childhood Leukemia and Combinations of Power-Frequency and Static Magnetic Fields
    
11. Recent Studies in Leukemia Epidemiology and Occupational Exposure to EMFs
    

Prostate Cancer

1. Elevated Prostate Cancer and Leukemia Incidense in Airline Pilots
   
2. Occupational Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer