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Effect of radiofrequency radiation exposure on mouse skin tumorigenesis initiated by 7,12-dimethybenz[alpha]anthracene.
Huang TQ, Lee JS, Kim TH, Pack JK, Jang JJ, Seo JS. · 2005
View Original AbstractRF radiation at cell phone levels showed no tumor-promoting effects in this 19-week mouse skin cancer study.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed mice to radiofrequency radiation at cell phone frequencies (849 MHz and 1,763 MHz) for 19 weeks to test whether RF exposure could promote skin tumor growth in animals already treated with a cancer-causing chemical. No skin tumors developed in any of the RF-exposed groups, while 95% of mice treated with a known tumor promoter developed tumors. This suggests that RF radiation at levels similar to mobile phones does not act as a tumor promoter for skin cancer.
Study Details
To study if RF radiation has a tumor promoting effect, we exposed mice with skin tumorigenesis initiated by 7,12-dimethybenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) to RF radiation.
Eighty male ICR mice were subjected to a single DMBA application (100 microg/100 microl acetone/mous...
All mice were examined weekly at a macroscopic level. No skin tumors were observed in any groups exc...
No evidence was found that RF radiation serves as a tumor promoter for skin tumors. Our data suggests that 849 MHz and 1,763 MHz RF radiations, similar to those emitted from mobile phones, do not have any promoting effect on skin tumor development in DMBA-initiated mice.
Show BibTeX
@article{tq_2005_effect_of_radiofrequency_radiation_3093,
author = {Huang TQ and Lee JS and Kim TH and Pack JK and Jang JJ and Seo JS.},
title = {Effect of radiofrequency radiation exposure on mouse skin tumorigenesis initiated by 7,12-dimethybenz[alpha]anthracene.},
year = {2005},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16524842/},
}