Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Cellular-telephone use and brain tumors.
Inskip PD, Tarone RE, Hatch EE, Wilcosky TC, Shapiro WR, Selker RG, Fine HA, Black PM, Loeffler JS, Linet MS · 2001
View Original AbstractEarly cell phone study found no brain tumor risk, but couldn't assess today's heavy usage patterns or long-term effects.
Plain English Summary
Researchers examined 782 brain tumor patients and 799 controls to see if cell phone use increases brain tumor risk. They found no increased risk of glioma, meningioma, or acoustic neuroma among people who used cell phones for more than 100 hours or regularly for five or more years. However, the study period (1994-1998) means it couldn't assess risks from long-term heavy use or tumors that take decades to develop.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Cellular-telephone use and brain tumors.
We examined the use of cellular telephones in a case–control study of intracranial tumors of the ner...
As compared with never, or very rarely, having used a cellular telephone, the relative risks associa...
These data do not support the hypothesis that the recent use of hand-held cellular telephones causes brain tumors, but they are not sufficient to evaluate the risks among long-term, heavy users and for potentially long induction periods.
Show BibTeX
@article{pd_2001_cellulartelephone_use_and_brain_3103,
author = {Inskip PD and Tarone RE and Hatch EE and Wilcosky TC and Shapiro WR and Selker RG and Fine HA and Black PM and Loeffler JS and Linet MS},
title = {Cellular-telephone use and brain tumors.},
year = {2001},
doi = {10.1056/nejm200101113440201},
url = {https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm200101113440201},
}