There has been debates about whether long term mobile phone use will lead to brain cancer or not. A recent study by UK scientists suggest that there are not enough evidence to indicate a link between long term cell phone use and brain tumor. This conclusion comes from the analysis of the available research data and statistics from 1998 to 2007 in newly diagnosed brain cancers in England. This study was published in the journal Bioelectromagnetics.

Authors say that “There is an on-going controversy about whether radio frequency exposure from mobile phones increases the risk of brain cancer. Our findings indicate that a causal link between mobile phone use and cancer is unlikely because there is no evidence of any significant increase in the disease since introduction and rapid growth of cell phone use. There is no pressing need to implement public health measures to reduce radio-frequency exposure from cell phone use”.

However, the authors also indicated that although there is no statistically significant relationship between mobile phone use and brain cancer, it is possible that there are people who are susceptible to radio-frequency exposure or that some rare brain cancers are associated with it.  It is also possible that for people who are overusing their cell phone for anything from talking to gaming and video/movies, the brain cancer could be developing in long term time frame.