TY - JOUR T1 - No Evidence for Increased Brain Tumour Incidence in the Swedish National Cancer Register Between Years 1980-2012 JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 791 LP - 796 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.13176 VL - 39 IS - 2 AU - JONAS NILSSON AU - JACOB JÄRÅS AU - ROGER HENRIKSSON AU - GEORG HOLGERSSON AU - STEFAN BERGSTRÖM AU - JIMMY ESTENBERG AU - TORSTEN AUGUSTSSON AU - MICHAEL BERGQVIST Y1 - 2019/02/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/39/2/791.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: The main objective of this study was to evaluate if there was an increased incidence of brain tumours between years 1980-2012, a time period when mobile phone usage has increased substantially. Materials and Methods: From the Swedish Cancer Registry, cases of meningiomas, low-grade gliomas (LGG) and high-grade gliomas (HGG) were identified in patients between 1980-2012. Direct age-standardised incidence rates were used to calculate incidence trends over time. Results: A total of 13,441 cases of meningiomas, 12,259 cases of high-grade gliomas and 4,555 cases of LGG were reported to the register during the study period. The results suggest that there may be a negative development in the trend for LGG of −0,016 cases per 100,000 and year, corresponding to a mean reduction of approximately 1% per year. Conclusion: The present study was not able to demonstrate an increased incidence of glioma during the past 30 years in Sweden. ER -