ID Number		312
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		INTERPHONE - French National site 900, 1800 MHz (NMT, GSM, W-CDMA) mobile phone use and correlation with brain, acoustic nerve, parotid gland tumors
Details		Cases of glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma diagnosed in France from Feb 2001 - Aug 2003 were analyzed for correlations with mobile phone use. The authors report no statistically significant correlation between mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma (OR = 0.92, 95% CI 0.53-1.59), glioma (OR=1.15, 95% CI 0.65-2.05), or meningioma (OR=0.74, 95% CI 0.43-1.28). They did suggest an increased "tendency" for risk among the heaviest users: long term users, heavy users, users with the largetst numbers of telephones. While these tendencies did not reach statistical significance, the authors suggest this is likely due to a lack of statistical power, and suggest the possibility of increased risk among the heaviest users. There was no correlation with ipsilateral use, and with acoustic neuroma the ipsilateral correlation was less than 1.0, likely due to the fact those individuals have hearing problems in that ear and use the other. Overall study findings: OR = 1.15; 95% CI 0.65-2.05 - glioma, OR = 0.74; 95% CI 0.43-1.28 - meningioma, OR = 0.92; 95% CI 0.53-1.59 - acoustic neuroma, no ipsilateral association, insufficient 10+ yr users for evaluation.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France - martine.hours@inrets.fr
Funding Agency		EU, France Telecom/CNET, INTERPHONE (IARC) coordinated studies, MMF, GSM Association
Country		FRANCE
References		Hours, M et al. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique , (2007) 55:321-332 Hours, M et al. Environment Risques and Sante, (2007) 6:101-109
Comments		UICC acts as a firewall for funding by MMF and GSMA - see http://www.iarc.fr/pageroot/UNITS/RCA4.html for details)