Association between vestibular schwannomas and mobile phone use

Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) grow in the region where the energy from mobile phone use is absorbed. We examined the associations of VSs with mobile phone use. This study included 119 patients who had undergone surgical tumor removal. We used two approaches in this investigation. First, a case–contro...

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Published in:Tumor biology 2014-01, Vol.35 (1), p.581-587
Main Authors: Moon, In Seok, Kim, Bo Gyung, Kim, Jinna, Lee, Jong Dae, Lee, Won-Sang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Apoptosis
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Case-Control Studies
Cell Phone
Cellular telephones
Electromagnetics
Female
Humans
Incidence
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroma, Acoustic - diagnosis
Neuroma, Acoustic - epidemiology
Neuroma, Acoustic - etiology
Research Article
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Tumor Burden
Tumors
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Summary:Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) grow in the region where the energy from mobile phone use is absorbed. We examined the associations of VSs with mobile phone use. This study included 119 patients who had undergone surgical tumor removal. We used two approaches in this investigation. First, a case–control study for the association of mobile phone use and incidence of VSs was conducted. Both cases and controls were investigated with questions based on INTERPHONE guidelines. Amount of mobile phone use according to duration, daily amount, and cumulative hours were compared between two groups. We also conducted a case–case study. The location and volume of the tumors were investigated by MRI. Associations between the estimated amount of mobile phone use and tumor volume and between the laterality of phone use and tumor location were analyzed. In a case–control study, the odds ratio (OR) of tumor incidence according to mobile phone use was 0.956. In the case–case study, tumor volume and estimated cumulative hours showed a strong correlation ( r 2  = 0.144, p  = 0.002), and regular mobile phone users showed tumors of a markedly larger volume than those of non-regular users ( p  
ISSN:1010-4283
1423-0380
DOI:10.1007/s13277-013-1081-8