Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering

ISSN

2251-7200

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

IR - Íránská islámská republika

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

169-182

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85190366653