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BC Researcher Collaborates On
International Study
On Mobile Phone Use And Cancer Risk
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August 24, 2011
Vancouver, BC – Research published today in Cancer
Epidemiology provides additional insight into mobile phone
use and cancer.
Mary McBride, Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer
Agency, an agency of the Provincial Health Services
Authority, led the B.C. arm of the study(http://www.cancerepidemiology.net/webfiles/images/journals/CANEP/INTERPHONE.pdf)which
found no increase in the risk of acoustic neuroma (a rare
cancer of the head) among those who have used a mobile phone
for 10 years or longer.
“Cell phone usage has increased and so have concerns about
possible health risks of radiofrequency electromagnetic
fields from these devices,” says Ms. McBride. “This study
does not support the idea of an increased risk of acquiring
acoustic neuroma from using mobile phones. However, it’s
important that we continue this type of research and examine
high exposure groups such as long-term heavy users.”
The research was conducted by the international Interphone
Study Group. Twenty-one scientists from 13 countries
participated in this international effort, interviewing
1,105 patients with newly diagnosed acoustic neuroma (84
cases in Canada, 34 of those in B.C.) and 2,145 people in
the control group to determine differences in exposures
between the groups.
Launched in 2000 and led by the International Agency for
Research in Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health
Organization (WHO), researchers set out to determine whether
radio frequency waves emitted during mobile phone use
increased the risk of brain tumours. With the dramatic
increase of mobile phone use in the 1980s, the WHO-sponsored
study sought to address public health concerns by initiating
the largest and most comprehensive case-control study on
mobile phones and brain tumours.
There are 24.7 million wireless phone subscribers in Canada
as of March 2011, according to the Canadian Wireless
Telecommunications Association. While the prevalence of
mobile phone use continues to grow, newer digital cell phone
technology, which emits less radio frequency waves, has
reduced individual exposure.
The BC Cancer Agency, an agency of the Provincial Health
Services Authority, is committed to reducing the incidence
of cancer, reducing the mortality from cancer, and improving
the quality of life of those living with cancer. It provides
a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of
British Columbia by working with community partners to
deliver a range of oncology services, including prevention,
early detection, diagnosis and treatment, research,
education, supportive care, rehabilitation and palliative
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