Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Meta-analysis of mobile phone use and intracranial tumors.
Lahkola A, Tokola K, Auvinen A. · 2006
View Original AbstractEarly mobile phone users showed no increased brain tumor risk after 5+ years, but modern smartphone risks remain unclear.
Plain English Summary
Researchers analyzed 12 studies involving 2,780 people with brain tumors to determine if mobile phone use increases cancer risk. They found no significant increase in brain tumor risk for people who used mobile phones for more than 5 years, with odds ratios (risk measures) hovering around 1.0 for all tumor types studied. This suggests that at least for the first 5-10 years of mobile phone use, the risk of developing brain tumors does not appear to increase substantially.
Study Details
A summary of epidemiologic evidence regarding the effect of mobile phone use on intracranial tumor risk was obtained by means of a meta-analysis.
Reports of published studies on mobile phone use and intracranial tumors were sought. Altogether 12 ...
Twelve studies with 2780 cases gave a pooled odds ratio (OR) of 0.98 [95% confidence interval (95% C...
The totality of evidence does not indicate a substantially increased risk of intracranial tumors from mobile phone use for a period of at least 5 years.
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2006_metaanalysis_of_mobile_phone_3174,
author = {Lahkola A and Tokola K and Auvinen A.},
title = {Meta-analysis of mobile phone use and intracranial tumors.},
year = {2006},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16804618/},
}