Melbourne:
According to a new research, there is no link between mobile phone use and brain cancer. The study conducted at the University of Sydney examined the association between age and gender-specific incidence rates of 19,858 men and 14,222 women diagnosed with brain cancer in Australia between 1982-2012, and national mobile phone usage data from 1987-2012.
Despite the widespread use of mobile phones, no rise in tumours was found over 30 years. Taking the age related factors, it was also found that those aged 20-84 years, per 100,000 people) had risen only slightly in males but were stable over 30 years in females.
Researchers also found that there were significant increases in brain cancer incidence only in those aged 70 years or more.
They also compared actual incidence of brain cancer over this time with the numbers of new cases of brain cancer that would be expected if the "mobile phones cause brain cancer" hypothesis was true.
With Inputs from PTI
