There is no increased risk of brain tumor in people who have used a mobile phone regularly for ten years, according to an international study published in a scientific journal, the International Journal of Epidemiology, on Tuesday.
The study was coordinated by the World Health Organization's cancer research agency International Agency for Research on Cancer and conducted by 16 research centers in 13 countries, including the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
"The results are consistent with available experimental research that has failed to demonstrate any carcinogenic effect from the type of radiation cell phones emit. They also correspond with previous epidemiological research," Maria Feychting, professor of epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, said in a statement. She is also the person who is in charge in part of the research in Sweden.
The Interphone study is the largest-ever international research conducted on a possible link between brain cancer and other tumors in the head and mobile phone use.
A total of 2,708 people with glioma-type brain tumors and 2,409 people with meningioma-type brain tumors in the study were compared with normal subjects. Overall, the study showed no increased risk of brain tumors among those who regularly used mobiles for 10 years, the statement said.
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