No Evidence for Increased Brain Tumour Incidence in the Swedish National Cancer Register Between Years 1980-2012

The main objective of this study was to evaluate if there was an increased incidence of brain tumours between years 1980-2012, a time period when mobile phone usage has increased substantially. From the Swedish Cancer Registry, cases of meningiomas, low-grade gliomas (LGG) and high-grade gliomas (HG...

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Published in:Anticancer research 2019-02, Vol.39 (2), p.791-796
Main Authors: Nilsson, Jonas, Järås, Jacob, Henriksson, Roger, Holgersson, Georg, Bergström, Stefan, Estenberg, Jimmy, Augustsson, Torsten, Bergqvist, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain
Brain cancer
Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology
Brain tumors
brain tumours
Cancer
Cell Phone
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Glioma
Glioma - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Meningioma - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Registries
Survival
Sweden - epidemiology
Tumors
Young Adult
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Summary:The main objective of this study was to evaluate if there was an increased incidence of brain tumours between years 1980-2012, a time period when mobile phone usage has increased substantially. From the Swedish Cancer Registry, cases of meningiomas, low-grade gliomas (LGG) and high-grade gliomas (HGG) were identified in patients between 1980-2012. Direct age-standardised incidence rates were used to calculate incidence trends over time. A total of 13,441 cases of meningiomas, 12,259 cases of high-grade gliomas and 4,555 cases of LGG were reported to the register during the study period. The results suggest that there may be a negative development in the trend for LGG of -0,016 cases per 100,000 and year, corresponding to a mean reduction of approximately 1% per year. The present study was not able to demonstrate an increased incidence of glioma during the past 30 years in Sweden.
ISSN:0250-7005
1791-7530
1791-7530
DOI:10.21873/anticanres.13176