#8754 11-05-2006 04:22 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 75 Senior Member (75+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (75+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 75 | I have read some of the studies done on, tobacco, cigarette, cigar Pipe tobacco and chewing.
Has there been any studies done, with heavy Pot usage, relationship with OCC?
I went to a support group, whare this question came up.
Tongue Cancer, stage 4, spread to neck/ Radical neck, 3 chemos, 33 radiation. 5-18-2005
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#8755 11-05-2006 06:35 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 | there's probably a study somewhere but rule of thumb - if you're lighting it, smoking it, and inhaling it you can be pretty sure it's not good for you and has some relationship to oral cancer. That's one of the reasons that medical marajuana comes in pill form.
Regards JoAnne
JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.
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#8756 11-05-2006 06:35 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | Please do a search of the OCF main website news articles. There have been two peer reviewed studies, and the results are both published there. Actually the combustion by-products of all things, (tobacco etc.) are culprits in lung cancers.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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