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The effects of cellular telephone use on serum PSA levels in men

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Background: The increasing use of cellulartelephones is known to have harmful effects onhuman health. The aim of this prospective studywas to determine whether cellular telephone useaffected serum PSA levels in men. Methods: Participants included 20 menwith ages ranging from 22 to 65 years who hadnever previously used cellular telephones.Blood samples were taken prior to and 30 daysafter the beginning of cellular telephone use.Serum was separated from the blood samples andstored in a deep freezer until the end of thestudy, at which time serum free and total PSAlevels were determined by tandemradioimmunoassay. The results werestatistically analyzed by the Wilcoxon PairedSigned Rank Test. Results: Average free and total PSAvalues were 2.070 ng/ml and 0.500 ng/ml beforethe study, and 2.0 ng/ml and 0.505 ng/ml at theend of the study, respectively. No significantdifference was determined between the initialand final values (p > 0.05). Conclusions: The results indicatethat cellular telephone use does notsignificantly affect PSA values in the shortterm. Nevertheless, we think that there is aneed for longer-term studies on this subject.

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    Veli Şimşek, Hayrettin Şahin, Ali Ferruh Akay, Halil Kaya & Mehmet Kamuran Bircan

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Şimşek, V., Şahin, H., Akay, A.F. et al. The effects of cellular telephone use on serum PSA levels in men. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 193–196 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000020295.92477.c4

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