Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: Results are difficult to interpret because of limitations

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Lennart Hardell, professor (lennart.hardell@orebroll.se),
Kjell Hansson Mild, professor

Department of Oncology, University Hospital, SE-701 85 örebro, Sweden
National Institute for Working Life, SE-907 13 Umeå, Sweden

EDITOR—The UK part of the Interphone study concluded that mobile phone use is not associated with an increased risk of glioma.1 However, ≥ 10 years ipsilateral use yielded an odds ratio of 1.60 (95% confidence interval 0.92 to 2.76) and contralateral use an odds ratio of 0.78 (0.85 to 1.3).

Only 51% of the cases and 45% of the controls …