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El uso de teléfonos celulares de mano y el riesgo de cáncer cerebral
J E Muscat1, M G Malkin, S Thompson
1American Health Foundation, 1 Dana Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. jmuscat2@earthlink.net
JAMA
|December 21, 2000
Resumen
El uso de teléfonos celulares no parece aumentar el riesgo de cáncer cerebral. Se necesita más investigación para confirmar estos hallazgos, especialmente para los tumores de crecimiento lento.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Epidemiología La epidemiología.
- Oncología Oncología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Existen datos limitados sobre los efectos en la salud del uso de teléfonos celulares.
- Investigar los posibles vínculos entre el uso del teléfono móvil y los resultados de salud es crucial.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la asociación entre el uso de teléfonos celulares de mano y el riesgo de cáncer cerebral primario.
- Para probar la hipótesis de que el uso del teléfono móvil puede ser un factor de riesgo de tumores cerebrales.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó un estudio de caso-control en 5 centros médicos académicos de los Estados Unidos entre 1994 y 1998.
- Se entrevistaron a 469 pacientes con cáncer cerebral primario y 422 controles emparejados utilizando un cuestionario estructurado.
- El riesgo se evaluó comparando el uso de teléfonos celulares en horas por mes y años de uso entre casos y controles.
Principales resultados:
- No se encontró una asociación significativa entre el uso regular de teléfonos celulares de mano y el riesgo de cáncer cerebral (OR, 0.85; IC del 95%, 0.6-1.2).
- Tanto los usuarios infrecuentes (<0,72 h/mo) como los frecuentes (>10,1 h/mo) no mostraron un aumento en el riesgo en comparación con los no usuarios.
- La duración del uso no se correlacionó con el riesgo de cáncer cerebral (P = .54).
- Una ligera tendencia no significativa sugirió que los tumores ocurrieron en el mismo lado de la cabeza que el uso del teléfono (P = .06), pero esto no fue consistente en todos los tipos de tumores.
Conclusiones:
- Los datos actuales indican que el uso de teléfonos celulares de mano no está asociado con un mayor riesgo de cáncer cerebral primario.
- Los períodos de seguimiento más largos y la consideración de la latencia tumoral son necesarios para una comprensión completa, particularmente para los tumores de crecimiento lento.
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