ID Number		316
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		900, 1800 MHz (NMT, GSM, W-CDMA) mobile phone use and correlation with brain and hematopoietic cancer (in addition to INTERPHONE study)
Details		Case control study of 1000 brain tumor patients and 900 leukemia patients (plus an equal number of controls) in south east England and analysis of any correlation with mobile phone use. In a related study using much of the data collected during the Interphone project, the authors collected cases if pituitary tumors (n = 291 from regional hospital and Thames Cancer Registry data) and interviewed them by phone regarding their mobile phone use. The exposure assessment followed the Interphone protocol. The authors report no significant correlation between pituitary tumors and mobile phone use (OR = 1.0, 95%CI 0.5 - 1.9) and no statistically significant correlation with 10+ yrs and greater than 51 hours of use (OR = 1.6, 95%CI 0.8 - 3.6), although it was somewhat elevated. The authors conclude no association was apparent from their analysis and noted that recall error may have been a confounding variable.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Institute of Cancer Research, UK
Funding Agency		EU, MMF, MTHR (NRPB), UK
Country		UNITED KINGDOM
References		Schoemaker, MJ et al. Epidemiology., (2009) 20:348-354 Cooke, R et al. Br J Cancer., (2010) 103(11):1729-1735
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