Long-term mobile phone use and the risk of vestibular schwannoma: A danish nationwide cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Schüz, Joachim ^a,b   Steding Jessen, Marianne ^b   Hansen, Søren ^c   Stangerup, Sven Eric ^c,d   Cayé Thomasen, Per ^c,d   Poulsen, Aslak Harbo ^b   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; cellular phone; cohort studies; Denmark; electromagnetic fields; neuroma, acoustic

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH RISK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

DENMARK;

EID: 80051510854     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr112     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Hoffman S, Propp JM, McCarthy BJ. Temporal trends in incidence of primary brain tumors in the United States, 1985-1999. Neuro Oncol. 2006;8(1):27-37. (Pubitemid 43154448)
2. Lanser MJ, Sussman SA, Frazer K. Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and genetics of acoustic tumors. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1992;25(3):499-520.
3. Moffat DA, Irving RM. The molecular genetics of vestibular schwannoma. J Laryngol Otol. 1995;109(5):381-384.
4. Ahlbom A, Feychting M, Green A, et al. Epidemiologic evidence on mobile phones and tumor risk: a review. ICNIRP (International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) Standing Committee on Epidemiology. Epidemiology. 2009;20(5):639-652.
5. Cardis E, Deltour I, Mann S, et al. Distribution of RF energy emitted by mobile phones in anatomical structures of the brain. Phys Med Biol. 2008;53(11):2771-2783. (Pubitemid 351868604)
6. Wake K, Varsier N, Watanabe S, et al. The estimation of 3D SAR distributions in the human head from mobile phone compliance testing data for epidemiological studies. Phys Med Biol. 2009;54(19):5695-5706.
7. Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR). Health effects of exposure to EMF. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, Directorate-General for Health & Consumers; 2009. (http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph-risk/committees/04-scenihr/docs/scenihr-o-022. pdf).
8. Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR). Research needs and methodology to address the remaining knowledge gaps on the potential health effects of EMF. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, Directorate-General for Health & Consumers; 2009. (http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph-risk/committees/04-scenihr/docs/scenihr-o-024. pdf).
9. Tos M, Charabi S, Thomsen J. Clinical experience with vestibular schwannomas: epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and surgical results. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 1998;255(1):1-6. (Pubitemid 28077715)
10. Rosenberg SI. Natural history of acoustic neuromas. Laryngoscope. 2000;110(4):497-508. (Pubitemid 30198702)
11. Stangerup SE, Caye-Thomasen P, Tos M, et al. The natural history of vestibular schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2006; 27(4):547-552.
12. Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Ahlbom A, et al. Mobile phone use and risk of acoustic neuroma: results of the Interphone case-control study in five North European countries. Br J Cancer. 2005;93(7):842-848. (Pubitemid 41486448)
13. Christensen HC, Schüz J, Kosteljanetz M, et al. Cellular telephone use and risk of acoustic neuroma. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(3):277-283. (Pubitemid 38141657)
14. Vrijheid M, Richardson L, Armstrong BK, et al. Quantifying the impact of selection bias caused by nonparticipation in a case-control study of mobile phone use. Ann Epidemiol. 2009;19(1):33-41.
15. Vrijheid M, Cardis E, Armstrong BK, et al. Validation of short term recall of mobile phone use for the Interphone study. Interphone Study Group. Occup Environ Med. 2006;63(4): 237-243.
16. Vrijheid M, Armstrong BK, Bédard D, et al. Recall bias in the assessment of exposure to mobile phones. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009;19(4):369-381.
17. INTERPHONE Study Group. Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case-control study. Int J Epidemiol. 2010;39(3):675-694.
18. Johansen C, Boice J Jr, McLaughlin J, et al. Cellular telephones and cancer-a nationwide cohort study in Denmark. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001;93(3):203-207. (Pubitemid 32166490)
19. Schüz J, Jacobsen R, Olsen JH, et al. Cellular telephone use and cancer risk: update of a nationwide Danish cohort. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006;98(23):1707-1713. (Pubitemid 44942708)
20. Dalton SO, Schüz J, Engholm G, et al. Social inequality in incidence of and survival from cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003: summary of findings. Eur J Cancer. 2008;44(14):2074-2085.
21. Stangerup SE, Tos M, Thomsen J, et al. True incidence of vestibular schwannoma? Neurosurgery. 2010;67(5): 1335-1340.
22. Storm HH, Michelsen EV, Clemmensen IH, et al. The Danish Cancer Registry-history, content, quality and use. Dan Med Bull. 1997;44(5):535-539.
23. Schüz J, Elliott P, Auvinen A, et al. An international prospective cohort study of mobile phone users and health (Cosmos): design considerations and enrolment. Cancer Epidemiol. 2011;35(1):37-43.
24. Corona AP, Oliveira JC, Souza FP, et al. Risk factors associated with vestibulocochlear nerve schwannoma: systematic review. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2009;75(4):593-615.
25. Edwards CG, Schwartzbaum JA, Nise G, et al. Occupational noise exposure and risk of acoustic neuroma. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;166(11):1252-1258. (Pubitemid 350129420)
26. Schlehofer B, Schlaefer K, Blettner M, et al. Environmental risk factors for sporadic acoustic neuroma (Interphone Study Group, Germany). Eur J Cancer. 2007;43(11):1741-1747. (Pubitemid 47042377)
27. Hours M, Bernard M, Arslan M, et al. Can loud noise cause acoustic neuroma? Analysis of the INTERPHONE study in France. Occup Environ Med. 2009;66(6):480-486.
28. Inskip PD, Tarone RE, Hatch EE, et al. Sociodemographic indicators and risk of brain tumours. Int J Epidemiol. 2003;32(2):225-233. (Pubitemid 36622267)
29. Schüz J, Steding-Jessen M, Hansen S, et al. Sociodemographic factors and vestibular schwannoma: a Danish nationwide cohort study. Neuro Oncol. 2010;12(12):1291-1299.
30. Gimsing S. Vestibular schwannoma: when to look for it? J Laryngol Otol. 2010;124(3):258-264.
31. Kundi M. The controversy about a possible relationship between mobile phone use and cancer. Environ Health Perspect. 2009;117(3):316-324.
32. Ahlbom A, Feychting M, Cardis E, et al. Re: Cellular telephone use and cancer risk: update of a nationwide Danish cohort study [letter]. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99(8):655. (Pubitemid 47073548)
33. Rothman KJ, Chou CK, Morgan R, et al. Assessment of cellular telephone and other radio frequency exposure for epidemiologic research. Epidemiology. 1996;7(3):291-298.
34. Schüz J, Johansen C. A comparison of self-reported cellular telephone use with subscriber data: agreement between the two methods and implications for risk estimation. Bioelectromagnetics. 2007;28(2):130-136. (Pubitemid 46190948)
35. Hansson Mild K, Carlberg M, Wilén J, et al. How to combine the use of different mobile and cordless telephones in epidemiological studies on brain tumours? Eur J Cancer Prev. 2005; 14(3):285-288. (Pubitemid 40780454)
36. Vrijheid M, Mann S, Vecchia P, et al. Determinants of mobile phone output power in a multinational study: implications for exposure assessment. Occup Environ Med. 2009;66(10):664-671.
37. Teppo H, Heikkinen J, Laitakari K, et al. Diagnostic delays in vestibular schwannoma. J Laryngol Otol. 2009;123(3):289-293.
38. Hardell L, Carlberg M, Hansson Mild K. Pooled analysis of two case-control studies on the use of cellular and cordless telephones and the risk of benign brain tumours diagnosed during 1997-2003. Int J Oncol. 2006;28(2):509-518.