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Cell Phones & Brain Tumors: Should You Worry?

Date: 08/22/2008
Length: 00:49:48

In recent media coverage, cell phones and brain tumors are somehow ending up in the same sentence, making the discussion a hot topic. Is there a connection? Should we be concerned? There has been much speculation by members in the cancer community for some time, though research has not provided any evidence to support these claims. We have yet to answer the question: Are cell phones causing brain tumors? In this special webcast, Dr. Reid C. Thompson, Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Tumor Center, weighs in on this controversial topic and helps us to separate the myths from the facts. Also joining us is Ezra Fitz, who underwent brain surgery at Vanderbilt. With no prior symptoms, Ezra and his family also had questions about the possibility of a cell phone link. Join us for a thought-provoking webcast as an expert and a patient discuss the possibility of a connection between cell phones and brain tumors.

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