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Cellular phone use and risk of benign and malignant parotid gland tumors--a nationwide case-control study.
Sadetzki S, Chetrit A, Jarus-Hakak A, Cardis E, Deutch Y, Duvdevani S, Zultan A, Novikov I, Freedman L, Wolf M. · 2008
View Original AbstractHeavy cell phone users who hold phones directly to their heads face 58% higher tumor risk on the same side they use their phone.
Plain English Summary
Israeli researchers studied 460 people with parotid gland tumors (located near the ear) and compared their cell phone use to 1,266 healthy controls. While overall cell phone use didn't increase tumor risk, heavy users who held phones directly to their heads showed a 58% higher risk of developing tumors on the same side where they used their phone. This suggests that intensive cell phone use without hands-free devices may increase risk of tumors in glands near where the phone is held.
Study Details
The objective of this nationwide study was to assess the association between cellular phone use and development of parotid gland tumors (PGTs).
The methods were based on the international INTERPHONE study that aimed to evaluate possible adverse...
For the entire group, no increased risk of PGTs was observed for ever having been a regular cellula...
Based on the largest number of benign PGT patients reported to date, our results suggest an association between cellular phone use and PGTs.
Show BibTeX
@article{s_2008_cellular_phone_use_and_3344,
author = {Sadetzki S and Chetrit A and Jarus-Hakak A and Cardis E and Deutch Y and Duvdevani S and Zultan A and Novikov I and Freedman L and Wolf M.},
title = {Cellular phone use and risk of benign and malignant parotid gland tumors--a nationwide case-control study.},
year = {2008},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18063591/},
}