JERUSALEM, Jul 16, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- An Israeli health report says the
sharp rise of salivary gland cancer could be linked to the growing use of mobile
phones.
The report focused on oral cavity cancer in Israel from 1970 to 2006, Haaretz
said Thursday.
Researchers expressed concern over the increase of malignant growth in parotid
glands, located under the ear, the report said. The report said from 1980 to
2002, the number of sufferers of this kind of cancer were approximately 25 each
year but the number rose dramatically to 70 cases each year more recently.
Salivary gland cancer was the third most common cancer of the 11,843 Israelis
who suffer from oral cancer documented in the report, the paper said. Lip cancer
and throat cancer were the most common forms of cancer, the paper said.
The report was commissioned by Israel's Dental Association and directed by Avi
Zini of the Hebrew University Hadassah School of Dental Medicine.
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