Magnetic Fields Can Diminish Tamoxifen Action?

Science News 1997;152:342 (November 29, 1997)

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report that the low-level electromagnetic fields present in some North American homes can diminish or wipe out the action of Tamoxifen— a widely prescribed synthetic hormone used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.

In test tube experiments involving breast cancer cells, tamoxifen and magnetic fields, the growth rate of breast cancer cells fell off by about 40 percent in a 2 milligauss magnetic field (mG) (the average field produced by a color TV). But no drop-off was observed in a 12 mG field (the average field produced by a microwave oven).

The researchers said "We've shown that you can overcome this field's suppression of tamoxifen, but to do it you've got to increase the drug dose by tenfold."

Oh no... they're baaaaaaaaccckkk...


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