Table 3: Promotional
effect and higher risk for young vs. older ages.
Study |
Effect |
Degrave [35] |
RR
= 1.23 (95% CI 1.03- 1.47) Indication
that cancer death rate ratio increased with decreasing age (p = 0.004) |
Szmigielski [37] |
The
risk of leukemia and lymphoma for younger people was 8 fold more than
expected p < 0.01. There was
higher risk of all site cancers in the age groups of 20- 29 and 30-39 (p <
0.05), compared to older age groups. The risk reduced with increasing age |
Szmigielski [38] |
All
site cancers-curve showed shorter latency period in the exposed group vs. the
non-exposed by 5-10 years, which could related to at least one type of
cancer. Haematologic/lymphatic cancers-curves
showed a considerable increment in the
number of cases in exposed group aged above 40 years, and for these types of
cancer the curves show early age of victims |
Robinette
(1980) analyzed by Goldsmith [36] |
For
the aviation technicians group, that had the highest exposure, death rates
were significantly higher than those for the remaining men for all deaths,
disease-related deaths, deaths from malignance and deaths from malignancy of
the lymphatic and hematopoietic systems.
The same group had a
younger mean age (23.4) than the
average for aviation electrician's mates AE (24.7), a category that showed no
increase in deaths from any malignancy or from other diseases |
Park
[40] |
Higher
risk of mortality from leukemia and multiple myeloma in people under 30 years
old compared to other age groups |
Hocking
[39] |
Increased
incidence and decreased survival among children who resided near TV
transmitters, supported the
possibility that RFR acts as a facilitator of cancer |
Eger
[16] |
Average
age of developing cancer was 64.1 years in the inner area (exposed) and 72.6
years in the outer area, a difference of 8.5 years. The average age of
patients that developed breast cancer in the inner area was 50.8 years. In
the outer area the average age was 69.9 years, approximately 20 years less.
In Germany the average age for developing breast cancer is about 63 years. |
Wolf [17] |
The
authors suggested a strong cancer promoting effect at very low radiation,
because the study found an extremely short latency period of less than 2
years. According to the authors, this short latency period indicated, that if
there is a causal association between RF/MW radiation emitted from base
stations and cancer as they believe, then there is a very strong promotional
effect at low levels of exposure |