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Mobile Phone Use Isn't Linked To Brain Cancer After All

A review, commissioned by the World Health Organization, looked at 28 years of research data. Backing up scientific consensus, the review has dismissed a long-standing concern that exposure to radio emissions from phones causes brain cancer.

A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment International. Mobile phones are often held against the head during use. And they emit radio waves, a type of non-ionising radiation. These two factors are largely why the idea mobile phones might cause brain cancer emerged in the first place. (Loughran and Karipidis, 9/3)

A U.K. researcher has used light to develop the first step towards a quicker, cheaper and less painful technique to detect cancer. (9/2)

Laurie H. Glimcher, chief executive of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, said she would step down next month, ending an eight-year run capped by her聽surprise split聽with Dana-Farber鈥檚 longtime partner, Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital, and decision to build a cancer center with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Edelman, 9/3)

吃瓜不打烊: Breast Cancer Rises Among Asian American And Pacific Islander Women

Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump in her left breast. She thought little of it at first. She did routine self-checks and kept up with medical appointments. But a relative urged her to get a mammogram. She took the advice and learned she had stage 3 breast cancer, a revelation that stunned her. 鈥淚鈥檓 36 years old, right?鈥 said Kashiwada, a civil engineer in Sacramento, California. 鈥淣o one鈥檚 thinking about cancer.鈥 (Reese, 9/4)

A leading breast cancer surgeon claims many media reports that the supermodel Elle Macpherson treated breast cancer with alternative therapies have left out crucial information, risking people being misinformed. (Davey and May, 9/4)

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