Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Tumors
Analysis of cellphone studies finds tumor risk
Scientists looking at 23 studies involving almost 38,000 people initially see no connection. But a closer look at the highest-quality studies tells another story.
By Shari Roan
October 14, 2009
The answer to the question of whether cellphones increase the risk of brain, head and neck tumors is truly a matter of whom you ask.
An analysis published Tuesday of data from 23 epidemiological studies found no connection between cellphone use and the development of cancerous or benign tumors. But when eight of the studies that were conducted with the most scientific rigor were analyzed, cellphone users were shown to have a 10% to 30% increased risk of tumors compared with people who rarely or never used the phones. The risk was highest among those who had used cellphones for 10 years or more.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-cell-phones14-2009oct14,0,3949576.story
Informant: Elizabeth Kelley/
Iris Atzmon [ http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1769702/mobile_phones_and_cancer/
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=106496
http://www.naturalnews.com/027232_cell_phone_use_cancer.html ]
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Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Tumors: A Meta-Analysis
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2008.21.6366v1
From Mast Sanity/Mast Network
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http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tumour
Scientists looking at 23 studies involving almost 38,000 people initially see no connection. But a closer look at the highest-quality studies tells another story.
By Shari Roan
October 14, 2009
The answer to the question of whether cellphones increase the risk of brain, head and neck tumors is truly a matter of whom you ask.
An analysis published Tuesday of data from 23 epidemiological studies found no connection between cellphone use and the development of cancerous or benign tumors. But when eight of the studies that were conducted with the most scientific rigor were analyzed, cellphone users were shown to have a 10% to 30% increased risk of tumors compared with people who rarely or never used the phones. The risk was highest among those who had used cellphones for 10 years or more.
Read More...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-cell-phones14-2009oct14,0,3949576.story
Informant: Elizabeth Kelley/
Iris Atzmon [ http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1769702/mobile_phones_and_cancer/
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=106496
http://www.naturalnews.com/027232_cell_phone_use_cancer.html ]
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Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Tumors: A Meta-Analysis
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2008.21.6366v1
From Mast Sanity/Mast Network
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tumor
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tumour
Starmail - 14. Okt, 22:08
