May 17, 2010

Interphone: results of study into mobile phone use and brain tumours

Speakers:
Prof Anthony Swerdlow, Professor of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research
Prof Patricia McKinney, Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, University of Leeds

Increasing mobile phone use has led to public concern about possible cancer risks. Interphone is an interview-based, case-control study of mobile phone use in adults and focuses on the two main types of brain tumour, glioma and meningioma. It was coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and carried out in 13 countries, of which much the largest contribution was from the UK. The UK researchers came to the SMC to talk about their findings.