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To: LowProle who wrote (38175)	1/19/2001 6:30:28 PM
From: arjan bok	Respond to of 54805

I read the same thing here: moneycentral.msn.com This week, the journal Epidemiology carried the first scientific report of cancer caused by cell phones. The author, Dr. Andreas Stang of the University of Essen in Germany, cautioned that the work needed confirmation. Stang's study included 118 people with the eye cancer uveal melanoma, and 475 people without this cancer. Researchers who were unaware of the health status of their interviewees asked questions about cell-phone use, including data on average use per time period per person. The study found a 300% increase in this form of eye cancer among those who regularly used cell phones. One critic called the study flawed because it did not include measurements of the actual dosages received by subjects. Although no direct mechanism has yet been described, an earlier, unrelated study had indicated that microwave (cell-spectrum) radiation caused melanocytes in the uveal layer of the eye (the iris and base layer) to divide more rapidly. Because uveal melanoma appears to start with such cells, a mechanism suggests itself which may be tested in the future.

To: LowProle who wrote (38175)	1/20/2001 10:06:16 AM
From: BDR	Respond to of 54805

Re: Eye cancer study <<The mechanism by which the radiation might cause cancer is uncertain but it is known that the watery contents of the eye assists the absorption of radiation.>> The entire body is "watery". <<To prevent bias, the researchers were not told if the person they were examining suffered from cancer or was healthy.>> I don't pretend to be current on the treatment of ocular melanoma, but in the past I have seen it usually treated with enucleation (complete removal of the affected eye). Perhaps the presence of a glass eye or eye patch tipped off the researchers that they were interviewing a cancer patient? Or perhaps they performed an enucleation on each of the controls? Gives new meaning to the term "double blinded study". <<If confirmed by subsequent research, the finding could lead to thousands of costly lawsuits by people with eye and possibly brain cancers.>> And if not confirmed by subsequent research it will still lead to thousands of costly lawsuits.