Population-based case-control study of recreational drug use and testis cancer risk confirms an association between marijuana use and nonseminoma risk

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5374-5383

  Lacson, John Charles A ^a   Carroll, Joshua D ^a,b   Tuazon, Ellenie ^a   Castelao, Esteban J ^a,c   Bernstein, Leslie ^d   Cortessis, Victoria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

9 tetrahydrocannabinol; alcohol; amyl nitrite; cannabis; cocaine; marijuana; nonseminoma; recreational drug use; testicular germ cell tumors; tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMYL NITRITE; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867848400     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27554     Document Type: Article

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