# REV-013 — Brain-tumour associations across different phone-use measures

Collection: Reviews & proposed mechanisms (not an original experiment)

Doi: 10.1186/s12940-024-01117-8

Title: Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment

Authors: Jinyoung Moon; Jungmin Kwon; Yongseok Mun

Date: 2024-10-10

Issueyear: 2024

Why: This analysis explores whether more specific descriptions of phone use reveal associations missed by broad ever-use categories.

Summary: Combines 19 case-control and 5 cohort studies. The case-control synthesis reports higher brain-tumour odds for same-side use (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.21–1.62), use over 10 years (1.27, 1.08–1.48) and cumulative use over 896 hours (1.59, 1.25–2.02).

Limitations: Cohort pooled estimates were statistically inconclusive. Recall, selection and exposure-classification problems remain; overlapping datasets in other reviews are not new independent evidence. The 2024 correction changes author affiliations only.

Scope: A meta-analysis separating case-control and cohort evidence and comparing call time, years of use and side of head exposure.

Exposures: Mobile telephony

Journal: Environmental health : a global access science source

Heading: Brain-tumour associations across different phone-use measures

Id: REV-013

Kind: Meta-analysis

Topics: Cancer; Brain tumours; Cumulative exposure

Links: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01117-8; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39390576/; https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11465689/

Author: Moon et al.

Access Label: Original-text passages checked

Source Check: Full text: introduction and conclusion/limitations passages checked; metadata/abstract also checked. Linked PubMed/Europe PMC notice records checked on 21 October 2026; this is not a guarantee that every editorial update is indexed.

Notices: Erratum in: Environ Health. 2024 Nov 12;23(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s12940-024-01138-3 Correction checked: Affiliations of first two authors corrected; no result change.

Notice Urls: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39533315/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01138-3

Citation: Jinyoung Moon; Jungmin Kwon; Yongseok Mun. Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment. Environmental health : a global access science source. 2024. doi:10.1186/s12940-024-01117-8.

Related Studies: RF-001; RF-002; RF-014

Url: /reviews/rev-013/

Year: 2024

Record Type: review_or_mechanism

Source Url: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01117-8