ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025
Trends in Malignant and Benign Brain Tumor Incidence and Mobile Phone Use in the U.S. (2000-2021): A SEER-Based Study.
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- Interpretation of Epidemiological Studies on the Relationship Between Mobile Phone Use and Cancer.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Trends in Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Incidence Rates in the United States between 2001 and 2022.Cancer discovery · 2026Article
- SEER-Medicaid and SEER-Medicare data for neuro-oncology research.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Review
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(1) Background: There has been an ongoing concern for several decades that radiofrequencies emitted from mobile phones are related to brain cancer risk. We calculated temporal trends in brain cancer incidence rates in adults and children and compared them to mobile phone subscription data over the same time period. (2) Methods: We analyzed the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER 22) cancer database between 2000 and 2021. Age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) per 100,000 people were calculated and the annual percentage change (APC) for malignant and benign brain cancer and vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas of the 8th cranial nerve) was established. The total number of mobile phone subscriptions in the United States was plotted for the period 1985-2024. (3) Results: The APC for adolescents and adults was -0.6 (
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