Mobile phone use and risk of brain neoplasms and other cancers: prospective study
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Benson, Victoria S; Pirie, Kirstin; Schuz, Joashim; Reeves, Gillian K; Beral, Valerie; Green, Jane; Banks, Emily; Million Women Study, Collaborators
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Background Results from some retrospective studies suggest a possible increased risk of glioma and acoustic neuroma in users of mobile phones. Methods The relation between mobile phone use and incidence of intracranial central nervous system (CNS) tumours and other cancers was examined in 791 710 middle-aged women in a UK prospective cohort, the Million Women Study. Cox regression models were used to estimate adjusted relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Women reported...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Benson, Victoria S | |
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dc.contributor.author | Pirie, Kirstin | |
dc.contributor.author | Schuz, Joashim | |
dc.contributor.author | Reeves, Gillian K | |
dc.contributor.author | Beral, Valerie | |
dc.contributor.author | Green, Jane | |
dc.contributor.author | Banks, Emily | |
dc.contributor.author | Million Women Study, Collaborators | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:25:11Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0300-5771 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/21146 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Results from some retrospective studies suggest a possible increased risk of glioma and acoustic neuroma in users of mobile phones. Methods The relation between mobile phone use and incidence of intracranial central nervous system (CNS) tumours and other cancers was examined in 791 710 middle-aged women in a UK prospective cohort, the Million Women Study. Cox regression models were used to estimate adjusted relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Women reported mobile phone use in 1999 to 2005 and again in 2009. Results During 7 years' follow-up, 51 680 incident invasive cancers and 1 261 incident intracranial CNS tumours occurred. Risk among ever vs never users of mobile phones was not increased for all intracranial CNS tumours (RR1/41.01, 95% CI1/40.90-1.14, P1/40.82), for specified CNS tumour types nor for cancer at 18 other specified sites. For longterm users compared with never users, there was no appreciable association for glioma (10P years: RR1/40.78, 95% CI1/40.55-1.10, P1/40.16) or meningioma (10P years: RR1/41.10, 95% CI1/40.66-1.84, P1/40.71). For acoustic neuroma, there was an increase in risk with long term use vs never use (10P years: RR1/42.46, 95% CI1/41.07-5.64, P1/40.03), the risk increasing with duration of use (trend among users, P1/40.03). Conclusions In this large prospective study, mobile phone use was not associated with increased incidence of glioma, meningioma or non-CNS cancers. | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
dc.source | International Journal of Epidemiology | |
dc.subject | Keywords: brain; cancer; cohort analysis; disease incidence; health risk; health survey; mobile communication; tumor; acoustic neurinoma; adult; article; bladder cancer; brain tumor; breast cancer; cancer risk; cerebrovascular accident; cohort analysis; colon cance Acoustic neuroma; Cellular phone; Glioma; Meningioma; Neoplasms; Prospective studies | |
dc.title | Mobile phone use and risk of brain neoplasms and other cancers: prospective study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 42 | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u5427758xPUB15 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Benson, Victoria S, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Pirie, Kirstin, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Schuz, Joashim, International Agency for Research on Cancer | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Reeves, Gillian K, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Beral, Valerie, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Green, Jane, University of Oxford | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Banks, Emily, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Million Women Study, Collaborators, NHS Breast Screening Centres | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 792 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 802 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ije/dyt072 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 920499 - Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T11:36:35Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84881594625 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000322955900022 | |
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