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Mobile phone use increases risk of mouth cancer
Australia Created: 20 Dec 2007
Five years of frequent mobile use increased the chances of developing a tumour by about 50 per cent compared with people who had never used one.

The result raises concerns mobiles could be interfering with the body in ways scientists do not understand.

Previous studies have generated conflicting results.

Most have found no evidence of serious health risks.

But some have found links with cancers of the head and ear.

The latest research was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The lifestyles of 402 people with benign mouth tumours and 56 with malignant ones were studied.

Those who used mobiles the most were more likely than normal to develop tumours of the parotid gland, which is not far from the ear.

Long-term users of mobiles tended to develop tumours on the same side of the head as the phone was held.
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Source: Herald Sun, 16 Dec 2007

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