Magnetic Fields and Cancer: Epidemiology, Cellular Biology, and Theranostics.

ABSTRACT: Humans are exposed to a complex mix of man-made electric and magnetic fields (MFs) at many different frequencies, at home and at work. Epidemiological studies indicate that there is a positive relationship between residential/domestic and occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and some types of cancer, although some other studies indicate no relationship. In this review, after an introduction on the MF definition and a description of natural/anthropogenic sources, the epidemiology of residential/domestic and occupational exposure to MFs and cancer is reviewed, with reference to leukemia, brain, and breast cancer. The in vivo and in vitro effects of MFs on cancer are reviewed considering both human and animal cells, with particular reference to the involveme

SUBMITTER: Maffei ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835851 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature