Marijuana Smoking and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the INHANCE Consortium

200970 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Julien Berthiller

Yuan-Chin Amy Lee

Paolo Boffetta

Qingyi Wei · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Erich M. Sturgis · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Sander Greenland · University of California, Los Angeles

Hal Morgenstern · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Zuo‐Feng Zhang · University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

Our results are consistent with the notion that infrequent marijuana smoking does not confer a risk of these malignancies. Nonetheless, because the prevalence of frequent marijuana smoking was low in most of the contributing studies, we could not rule out a moderately increased risk, particularly among subgroups without exposure to tobacco and alcohol.

Topics & Keywords

Smoking Behavior and Cessation Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Head and Neck Cancer Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Volume 18, Issue 5, pp. 1544-1551

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0845

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