A large global study into a possible link between use of mobile
phones and certain types of brain cancer has come to an
inconclusive end and called for further research to be carried
out. The Interphone Study Group has published its results in the
International Journal of Epidemiology, looking at the analyses
of brain tumour (glioma and meningioma) risk in relation to
mobile phone use. Mobile phone use has increased dramatically
since its introduction in the early-to-mid 1980’s, prompting
concerns about health. The International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC) carried out an interview-based case-control study,
which included 2,708 glioma and 2,409 meningioma cases and
matched controls, conducted in 13 countries including the UK.
Interphone was the largest case-control study of mobile phone
use and brain tumours yet and included the largest numbers of
users with at least 10 years of exposure. The 20m euro (£17m)
Interphone study, backed by some funding from the mobile phone
industry, involved interviewing