[Oldog4tz]

Real Research by real researchers. In a clinical abstract just published online on the Cancer Prevention Research website, a team of U.S. investigators report that marijuana use is associated with a “significantly reduced risk” of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This is the abstract, the full article cost $35 and i'd rather vape my money


A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Liang C, McClean MD, Marsit C, Christensen B, Peters E, Nelson HH, Kelsey KT.Authors' Affiliations: Departments of 1- Community Health and 2- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; 3 -Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; 4- Louisiana State University Heath Sciences Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana; and 5Masonic Cancer Center, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cannabinoids, constituents of marijuana smoke, have been recognized to have potential antitumor properties. However, the epidemiologic evidence addressing the relationship between marijuana use and the induction of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is inconsistent and conflicting. Cases (n = 434) were patients with incident HNSCC disease from nine medical facilities in the Greater Boston, MA area between December 1999 and December 2003. Controls (n = 547) were frequency matched to cases on age (+/-3 years), gender, and town of residence, randomly selected from Massachusetts town books. A questionnaire was adopted to collect information on lifetime marijuana use (decade-specific exposures) and associations evaluated using unconditional logistic regression. After adjusting for potential confounders (including smoking and alcohol drinking), 10 to 20 years of marijuana use was associated with a significantly reduced risk of HNSCC [odds ratio (OR)(10-<20 years versus never users), 0.38; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.22-0.67]. Among marijuana users moderate weekly use was associated with reduced risk (OR(0.5-<1.5 times versus <0.5 time), 0.52; 95% CI, 0.32-0.85). The magnitude of reduced risk was more pronounced for those who started use at an older age (OR(15-<20 years versus never users), 0.53; 95% CI, 0.30-0.95; OR(>/=20 years versus never users), 0.39; 95% CI, 0.17-0.90; P(trend) < 0.001). These inverse associations did not depend on human papillomavirus 16 antibody status. However, for the subjects who have the same level of smoking or alcohol drinking, we observed attenuated risk of HNSCC among those who use marijuana compared with those who do not. Our study suggests that moderate marijuana use is associated with reduced risk of HNSCC.

PMID: 19638490 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

[Storm Crow]

And if you liked that, please run a search on "Granny Storm Crow's list" and read it! About 90 pages of links to medical cannabis studies and articles! You'll be reading for hours!



Granny

[HappaGuy]

Originally Posted by Storm Crow

And if you liked that, please run a search on "Granny Storm Crow's list" and read it! About 90 pages of links to medical cannabis studies and articles! You'll be reading for hours!



Granny

That is a really great collection of medical marijuana research links. It's worth a thread on WT IMHO.

Thanks Storm Crow!