Emissivity of the Earth as a Cancer Predictor

Author:

Rusinovich YuryORCID,Rusinovich VolhaORCID,Doss MarkusORCID

Abstract

Aim: The anticancer properties of locally applied infrared radiation are widely discussed in the literature. Earth's global emissivity, or the infrared radiation emitted by our planet, is inhomogeneous and varies based on the geophysical characteristics of the region where one resides. This study aimed to test the hypothesis: does local emissivity influence the prevalence of malignant diseases in a region. Materials and Methods: We performed planimetric comparison of two World maps: 1. NASA Spacecraft Map of Earth's Global Emissivity; 2. GLOBOCAN 2020 Global Cancer Data. For comparison we used “Image Compare” tool from Oxford Robotics Research Group. For the area measurements we used FreeMapsTools calculator.   Results: The total assessed area was 127,750,000 square kilometers. The distribution according to emissivity was as follows: 107,050,000 km² of area with emissivity above 0.94 and 20,700,000 km² of area with emissivity below 0.94. The distribution according to cancer incidence was as follows: 28,150,000 km² of area with cancer incidence lower than 180 per 100,000 and 99,600,000 km² of area with cancer incidence more than 180 per 100,000. Cancer incidence was found to be statistically significantly associated with higher emissivity of the defined area (p-value < 0.0001). Conclusion: We found a significant association between areas of higher emissivity on our planet and higher cancer incidence. Our findings underscore the need to include environmental factors, in our case infrared radiation exposure, as potential predictor in the deployment of cancer predictive models, such as those involving machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Publisher

ML in Health Science

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3