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Mobile Phone Use and Risks of Overall and 25 Site-Specific Cancers: A Prospective Study from the UK Biobank Study

Zhang, Yanjun, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Ye, Ziliang, Yang, Sisi, Liu, Mengyi, Wu, Qimeng, Zhou, Chun, He, Panpan, Gan, Xiaoqin, Qin, Xianhui·2024·Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0766

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Background: The association between mobile phone use and incident cancers remains uncertain. We aimed to investigate the relationships of mobile phone use with incident overall and 25 site-specific cancers in men and women. Methods: A total of 431,861 participants ages 38 to 73 years without prior cancers were included from the UK Biobank. Of these, 46.7% were male. Participants who used a mobile phone at least once per week to make or receive calls were defined as mobile phone users. The study outcomes were incident overall and 25 site-specific cancers. Results: During a median follow-up of 10.7 years, 35,401 (17.5%) men and 30,865 (13.4%) women developed overall cancer. Mobile phone use was significantly associated with higher risks of incident overall cancer [HR, 1.09; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–1.12], nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC; HR, 1.08; 95% CI: 1.03–1.14), urinary tract cancer (HR, 1.18; 95% CI:1.05–1.32), and prostate cancer (HR, 1.19; 95% CI: 1.13–1.25) in men, and incident overall cancer (HR, 1.03; 95% CI: 1.00–1.06), NMSC (HR, 1.07; 95% CI: 1.01–1.13), and vulva cancer (HR, 1.74; 95% CI: 1.00–3.02) in women, but not with other cancers. Among mobile phone users, there was a dose–response relationship of length of mobile phone use with incident NMSC in men and women, and prostate cancer in men (all Ptrend < 0.05). Conclusions: There was a dose–response relationship of length of mobile phone use with incident NMSC in men and women, and prostate cancer in men. Impact: Our findings underscore the importance of limiting mobile phone use or keeping a distance from mobile phone for primary prevention of NMSC and prostate cancer.

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Authors
Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ye, Z., Yang, S., Liu, M., Wu, Q., Zhou, C., He, P., Gan, X., & Qin, X.
Affiliations
1Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Publisher
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Published
2023-10-23
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
88-95
ISSN
  • 1055-9965
  • 1538-7755
DOI
10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0766
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14
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21
Language
en
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  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2009600, 2022YFC2009605, 2018ZX09739)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Joint Fund (81973133)
  • Outstanding Youths Development Scheme of Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University (2017J009)

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Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ye, Z., Yang, S., Liu, M., Wu, Q., Zhou, C., He, P., Gan, X., & Qin, X. (2024). Mobile Phone Use and Risks of Overall and 25 Site-Specific Cancers: A Prospective Study from the UK Biobank Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0766

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