Handheld cellular telephones and risk of acoustic neuroma

J. E. Muscat; M. G. Malkin; R. E. Shore; S. Thompson; A. I. Neugut; S. D. Stellman; J. Bruce

doi:10.1212/WNL.58.8.1304

Handheld cellular telephones and risk of acoustic neuroma

J. E. Muscat, M. G. Malkin, R. E. Shore, S. Thompson, A. I. Neugut, S. D. Stellman, J. Bruce

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Abstract

The hypothesis that intracranial energy deposition from handheld cellular telephones causes acoustic neuroma was tested in an epidemiologic study of 90 patients and 86 control subjects. The relative risk was 0.9 (p = 0.07) and did not vary significantly by the frequency, duration, and lifetime hours of use. In patients who used cellular telephones, the tumor occurred more often on the contralateral than ipsilateral side of the head. Further efforts should focus on potentially longer induction periods.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1304-1306
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurology
Volume	58
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.58.8.1304
State	Published - Apr 23 2002

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