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Risk of neuroblastoma, maternal characteristics and perinatal exposures: The SETIL study.

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Parodi S, Merlo DF, Ranucci A, Miligi L, Benvenuti A, Rondelli R, Magnani C, Haupt R · 2014

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Home magnetic field measurements showed no link to childhood neuroblastoma, adding evidence that ELF fields may not drive cancer risk.

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Italian researchers studied 153 children with neuroblastoma (a childhood cancer) and 1044 healthy children to identify risk factors. They measured extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) in homes and found no association between magnetic field exposure and neuroblastoma risk. However, they did find increased cancer risk linked to maternal exposure to hair dyes and workplace chemicals during pregnancy.

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Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extra-cranial paediatric solid tumour. Incidence peaks in infancy, suggesting a role of in-utero and neonatal exposures but its aetiology is largely unknown. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the association between maternal characteristics and perinatal factors with the risk of NB, using data from the SETIL database.

SETIL is a large Italian population-based case-control study established to evaluate several potenti...

A twofold risk was associated to exposure in pregnancy to chemical products for domestic work and to...

Our study suggests maternal exposure to hair dyes and aromatic hydrocarbons plays a role and deserves further investigation. The association with congenital malformations might also be explained by over-diagnosis. External exposure, in particular during and before pregnancy might contribute to NB occurrence.

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Parodi S, Merlo DF, Ranucci A, Miligi L, Benvenuti A, Rondelli R, Magnani C, Haupt R (2014). Risk of neuroblastoma, maternal characteristics and perinatal exposures: The SETIL study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2014 Sep 30. pii: S1877-7821(14)00157-X. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.09.007.
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@article{s_2014__risk_of_neuroblastoma_3299,
  author = {Parodi S and Merlo DF and Ranucci A and Miligi L and Benvenuti A and Rondelli R and Magnani C and Haupt R},
  title = { Risk of neuroblastoma, maternal characteristics and perinatal exposures: The SETIL study. },
  year = {2014},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25280392/},
}
PubMed: 25280392

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A 2014 Italian study found no association between extremely low frequency magnetic fields and neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. Researchers measured magnetic fields in homes of 153 children with neuroblastoma and found no increased cancer risk from EMF exposure.
This study of neuroblastoma found no connection between EMF exposure and childhood cancer risk. However, researchers did identify other risk factors including maternal exposure to hair dyes and workplace chemicals during pregnancy.
Research measuring EMF levels in children's homes found no association with neuroblastoma risk. The study compared 153 children with this cancer to over 1,000 healthy children and detected no EMF-related cancer risk.
A large Italian study identified maternal hair dye use and workplace chemical exposure as risk factors for neuroblastoma. Children whose mothers used hair dyes during pregnancy showed 5.5 times higher cancer risk, while EMFs showed no association.
Research found no link between magnetic field exposure and neuroblastoma in children. However, the study did identify pregnancy risks from hair dyes and workplace chemicals like solvents, which increased childhood cancer risk significantly.