Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389005%3A_____%2F24%3A00585510" target="_blank" >RIV/61389005:_____/24:00585510 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2310-1678" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2310-1678</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2310-1678" target="_blank" >10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2310-1678</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study
Original language description
Background: As the use of electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and computers continues to rise globally, concerns have been raised about their potential impact on human health. Exposure to high energy visible (HEV) blue light, emitted from digital screens, particularly the so-called artificial light at night (ALAN), has been associated with adverse health effects, ranging from disruption of circadian rhythms to cancer. Breast cancer incidence rates are also increasing worldwide. Objective: This study aimed at finding a correlation between breast cancer and exposure to blue light from mobile phone. Material and Methods: In this retrospective matched case-control study, we aimed to investigate whether exposure to blue light from mobile phone screens is associated with an increased risk of female breast cancer. We interviewed 301 breast cancer patients (cases) and 294 controls using a standard questionnaire and performed multivariate analysis, chi-square, and Fisher’s exact tests for data analysis. Results: Although heavy users in the case group of our study had a statistically significant higher mean 10-year cumulative exposure to digital screens compared to the control group (7089±14985 vs 4052±12515 hours, respectively, P=0.038), our study did not find a strong relationship between exposure to HEV and development of breast cancer. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that heavy exposure to HEV blue light emitted from mobile phone screens at night might constitute a risk factor for promoting the development of breast cancer, but further large-scale cohort studies are warranted.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
ISSN
2251-7200
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
IR - IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
169-182
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85190366653