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A brain tumour can be either cancerous or non-cancerous depending upon whether the tumour is growing and spreading aggressively. If the tumour is not aggressive then it will be termed ‘benign’ and generally speaking a benign tumour is less serious but treatment may still be required.

If the tumour is growing and producing abnormal cells, which spread and take over the space of healthy cells then it will be termed ‘malignant’ or ‘cancerous’. Cancerous brain tumours can originate either directly from the brain (known as Primary Tumours) or they can develop from a cancerous tumour elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain (known as Secondary Tumours).

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Cancer

The organs and tissues of the body are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Cancer is a disease of these cells. Cells in different parts of the body may look and work differently but most reproduce themselves in the same way.

Cells are constantly becoming old and dying, and new cells are produced to replace them. Normally, cells divide in an orderly and controlled manner. If for some reason the process gets out of control, the cells carry on dividing, developing into a lump which is called a tumour.

Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.

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OK, here we go again. Decades ago, there was widespread panic over the possibility that overhead high tension electrical power lines could be a cause of cancer for people living in close proximity or underneath them. When that was disproved, the doomsday crowd went onto blame cell phones as a possible risk of brain cancer due to tiny amounts of radiation emitted when the phone is transferring data. Thus far, after dozens of studies, there has been NO conclusive evidence that cell phones produce a significant enough amount of radiation to create a measurable increase in the risk of cancer. But is there a cause for concern? Just who conducted those tests?

A new joint study from the University of California at Berkeley and multiple Universities in Korea, reexamined 465 article published in major journals along with 23 large scale case studies of over 37,916 patients. The study group was comprised of patients with and without brain tumors. They found that when they look at the group as a whole, there was no association between brain tumors and cell phone use. When they looked closer however, and divided the large group into clinically significant subgroups, there was a clear increase in risk for cancer, of up to 30%. Furthermore, they found that some of the previous studies that had yielded results of “no risk,” were in fact funded by cell phone manufacturers. Continue reading ‘Cell Phones and Brain Tumors – New Evidence of Wireless Mobile Phone Linked to Brain Cancer’ »