NATIONAL MEDIA BRIEFING – Tue 18 May at 10.15am AEST in Sydney (Also available online)
Media reports this week have suggested a link between mobile phones and cancer. The reports are based on results of the Interphone study, the largest epidemiological study into mobile phones and cancer carried out to date. But what does the study actually show? The AusSMC gathered together an expert panel including the Australian lead author of the paper, to set the record straight and present the full, accurate findings of this important public health study.
ALSO see our Interphone roundup of expert reaction here
For a larger version of this info-graphic, see our roundup of expert comments page
DATE: Tue 18 May 2010 at 10.15am AEST
VENUE: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
DURATION: 45 minutes
Note* The embargo on the Interphone study was initially broken by several Sunday newspapers in the UK but the journal and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) did not officially lifted the embargo.
The briefing discussed the following issues:
- What did the interphone study actually show?
- What about mobile phone use in children?
- Where to from here?
- Watch the full presentation here (Webex)
SPEAKERS:
- Professor Bruce Armstrong – Lead Australian author on the Interphone study, The University of Sydney. Listen (mp3) | transcript
- Professor Malcolm Sim – Monash University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - Malcolm is leading the Australian arm of the spin off international multicentre case control study of mobile phones and brain tumours in adolescents and younger adults; the Mobi-kids study. Listen (mp3) | transcript
- Professor Bernard Stewart – Scientific Advisor, the Cancer Council Australia. Listen (mp3) | transcript
Listen to the Q and A session (mp3)
For further information before the event, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email us.
