Adult Cancers Near High-voltage Power Lines

Maternal residential proximity to sources of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and adverse birth outcomes in a UK cohort

“…(1) ‘High exposure’ calculated as linear residential proximity of 50 m or less to either an underground cable, overhead power line, substation or tower; based on UK measurements that indicated that the magnetic field from 275 to 400 kV transmission lines typically fall to 0.2 µT around 70–80 m or within 30–50 m for 132 kV lines [Maslanyj et al, ]; (2) ‘medium exposure’ calculated as linear residential proximity of 100 m or less based on data indicating that 91% of addresses with more than 100 nT fields are located within 99 m of high‐voltage power lines [Kroll et al, ; Philips et al, ] and (3) ‘any exposure’ defined as linear residential proximity of 200 m or less based on measurement data indicating that magnetic field strengths from overhead power lines would not exceed normal domestic background levels at distances of more than 200 m from high voltage lines [Maslanyj et al, ]. This exposure pattern was similarly shown for estimated magnetic field exposure in a UK study on adult cancers and proximity to high‐voltage power lines [de Vocht, ; Elliott et al, ].…”

Integrating Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging to Improve the Predictive Capabilities of CED Models

“…Indeed, only about 40% of them live more than a year after diagnosis. 30 CED could offer a viable alternative to more conventional treatments, which consist in surgical resection followed by simultaneous radiation therapy and chemotherapy. 24 Indeed, despite these treatment approaches being highly aggressive, patient outcomes remain dismal and around 80% of them experience tumoral recurrence or progression in the following years.…”