Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Cell (mobile) phone use approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor

This paper was published in Surgical Neurology 2009 Sep;72(3):205-14; discussion 214-5

Study title and authors:
Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data.
Khurana VG, Teo C, Kundi M, Hardell L, Carlberg M.
Australian National University, Australia. vgkhurana@gmail.com

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19328536
 
This paper addressed the following question: is there evidence for an association between long-term cell (mobile) phone usage and the risk of developing a brain tumor?

The researchers found 11 studies in which statistics were available where users had being using their phones for a minimum of 10 years

The study found that cell (mobile) phone use approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor on the same ("ipsilateral") side of the head as that preferred for cell phone use.

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