Becker's Healthcare August 12, 2024
Cannabis users are 3.5 to five times more likely to develop head and neck cancers, a recent Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC study found.
The study, published Aug. 8 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, drew from 20 years of data from 64 healthcare organizations. Researchers examined medical records of adults with and without cannabis-related disorders who had outpatient hospital clinic visits and no prior history of head and neck cancers. The study compared records from 116,076 individuals with cannabis-related disorder, and more than 3.9 million individuals without cannabis disorder. The data was also stratified by demographic characteristics, alcohol-related disorders and tobacco use.
The study found those with cannabis-related disorders had higher risk of any head and neck cancer...
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