2007
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029751
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Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours: increased risk associated with use for ⩾10 years

Abstract: Aim: To evaluate brain tumour risk among long-term users of cellular telephones. Methods: Two cohort studies and 16 case-control studies on this topic were identified. Data were scrutinised for use of mobile phone for >10 years and ipsilateral exposure if presented. Results: The cohort study was of limited value due to methodological shortcomings in the study. Of the 16 case-control studies, 11 gave results for >10 years' use or latency period. Most of these results were based on low numbers. An association wi… Show more

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“…Other health effects [13]: There are a lot of controversies regarding brain tumors associated with mobile phone users, for and against [14], [15], [16], [17]. Mobile phones generate electromagnetic radiation in two ways.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other health effects [13]: There are a lot of controversies regarding brain tumors associated with mobile phone users, for and against [14], [15], [16], [17]. Mobile phones generate electromagnetic radiation in two ways.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several environmental factors (including parity, smoking, mobile phone use, head trauma, and occupational exposure) have been postulated as linked to tumour development, mostly in case -control studies, but the evidence is generally weak or inconsistent (Lambe et al, 1997;Inskip et al, 1998;Hu et al, 1999;Navas-Acién et al, 2002;Hepworth et al, 2006;Hardell et al, 2007). As central nervous system tumours are relatively uncommon, studies of these tumours are limited by the small number of cases, especially in cohort studies.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, it reports selectively chosen data from Hardell's 2006 papers, including his pooled-analyses [1,2] referred to subjects with 5 year latency but does not highlight, for those with 10 year latency, the much more significant data on increases of ipsilateral head tumour risk, although these are clearly indicated in Hardell's papers. Besides, it does not consider the recent studies by Hardell [3,[35][36][37] or those of Interphone [22,24,29,31,32] which report s.s. increases of ipsilateral head tumour risk after 10-year latency or use of cellular phones ( Table 2). Consequently, the Ahlbom metaanalysis gives results that lack any indication of head tumour risk from MP use or latency up to 10 years (Table 3), emphasising the complete incompatibility between the two data sources: 83% of Hardell's risk data (OR) are > 1, of which 43% are s.s., while the Interphone data are largely (73%) < 1, of which 11% are s.s.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In fact, the meta-analyses of Hardell [35,36], Khurana [37], Kundi [38], and ourselves [39], including the literature data on head tumours in people with MP latency or continuous use of at least 10 years -and thus, besides Hardell's data [1][2][3][4]36], also part of the Interphone data [23-25, 29, 31, 32] -show large and s.s. increases (100%) of the risk of ipsilateral gliomas with high level of malignancy, and sizable and s.s. increases (50-140%) of the risk of ipsilateral acoustic neuromas (Table 3). These increases are smaller than those found by Hardell in the pooled analyses of his data alone [1,2,4], being "diluted" with the Interphone data corresponding to the requirements indicated above.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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