"Dr. Lawenda concludes in his review that we should heed the results of this study now. Block light at night in your bedroom and get 6 to 7 hours of sleep, as cancer likes light exposure at night. He also makes an interesting statement at the end of his article: “If there is no way for you to avoid being exposed to light at night, blue light-blocking filtered glasses and goggles can prevent melatonin suppression.” An accumulating body of evidence indicates that prolonged exposure to short-wavelength visible light (blue component) emitted from digital screens may cause cancer. In our recent paper titled "Machine Learning Models for Predicting Breast Cancer Risk in Women Exposed to Blue Light from Digital Screens" my colleagues at Breast Cancer Research Center and Medical School of SUMS have developed a machine learning model to predict the risk of breast cancer in women via several parameters related to exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. In this analytical study, three Machine Learning (ML) models; Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (MLPNN); were used to analyze data collected from 603 cases, including 309 breast cancer cases and 294 gender and age-matched controls. Standard face-to-face interviews were performed using a standard questionnaire for data collection. The examined models RF, SVM, and MLPNN performed well for correctly classifying cases with breast cancer and the healthy ones (mean sensitivity> 97.2%, mean specificity > 96.4%, and average accuracy > 97.1%). We concluded that Machine learning models can be used to effectively predict the risk of breast cancer via the history of exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation (including blue light and screen time issues) parameters. The performance of the developed methods is encouraging; nevertheless, further investigation is required to confirm that machine learning techniques can diagnose breast cancer with relatively high accuracies automatically. Other references: 1. https://lnkd.in/eKU_Yg-Q 2. https://lnkd.in/gND3xPE6 3. https://lnkd.in/eeBRywEx 4. https://lnkd.in/eCWp4Zhp #Cancer #circadianrhythm #BiologicalClock #BreastCancer #SmartPhone #MobilePhone #DigitalScreen #BlueLight #LightPollution #ArtificialLight https://lnkd.in/eGeYWmkA
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