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Bookmark or Share- Risk Factors: Radiation - NCI - National Cancer InstituteIonizing radiation includes radon, x-rays, gamma rays, and other forms of high-energy radiation. Lower-energy, non-ionizing forms of radiation, such as visible light and the energy from cell phones, have not been found to cause cancer in people.
- Definition of non-ionizing radiation - NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsA type of low-energy radiation that does not have enough energy to remove an electron (negative particle) from an atom or molecule. Non-ionizing radiation includes visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light; microwaves; radio waves; and radiofrequency energy from cell phones.
- Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer - NCI - National Cancer InstituteFew studies have examined cancer risk in children living close to cell phone base stations or radio or television transmitters. Mobile phone base stations transmit and receive radiofrequency signals to and from mobile phones near the station.
- Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People With CancerAnswers common questions, such as what radiation therapy is and how it affects cancer cells. External Beam and Internal Radiation. Information about the two main types of radiation therapy.
- Cell Phones and Cancer Risk Fact Sheet - NCIWhy has there been concern that cell phones may cause cancer? Is the radiation from cell phones harmful? Has the incidence of brain and central nervous system cancers changed during the time cell phone use increased? How is radiofrequency radiation exposure measured in studies of groups of people?
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