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i just started again.. and im not sure if i can let it go. smh
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Originally Posted by KanyeWestJayZ4life
Joseph Camel Jr wrote:
Fede DPT wrote:
[h1]Study: Smoking Pot May Increase Risk of Testicular Cancer[/h1]
Monday, February 09, 2009
AP
Marijuana use may increase the risk of developing testicular cancer, in particular a more aggressive form of the disease, according to a U.S. study.
Marijuana use may increase the risk of developing testicular cancer, in particular a more aggressive form of the disease, according to a U.S. study published on Monday.
The study of 369 Seattle-area men ages 18 to 44 with testicular cancer and 979 men in the same age bracket without the disease found that current marijuana users were 70 percent more likely to develop it compared to nonusers.
The risk appeared to be highest among men who had reported smoking marijuana for at least 10 years, used it more than once a week or started using it before age 18, the researchers wrote in the journal Cancer.
Stephen Schwartz of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, one of the researchers, said the study was the first to explore marijuana's possible association with testicular cancer.
"This is the first study to look at this question, and by itself is not definitive. And there's a lot more research that would have to be done in order to be more confident that marijuana use really is important in a man's risk of developing testicular cancer," Schwartz said in a telephone interview.
The study found the increased risk appeared to be in the form called nonseminoma testicular cancer. It accounts for 40 percent of cases and can be more aggressive and more difficult to treat, Schwartz said.
Experts are unsure about the causes of testicular cancer, which often strikes men in their 20s and 30s. The disease is seen more commonly in men who have had an undescended testicle or have a family history of testicular cancer.
The disease usually responds well to treatment and has a five-year survival rate of about 96 percent, according to the American Cancer Society.
About 8,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with testicular cancer per year, and there are about 140,000 U.S. men alive who have survived the disease, the group said.
The researchers said they were not sure what it was about marijuana that may raise the risk. Chronic marijuana use also can have effects on the male reproductive system including decreased sperm quality, they said.
Retrospective study + small sample size = worthless.
Next.
369 and 700+ are not small sample sizes in research. Especially in a population of people with testicular cancer.
In a retrospective study, yes they are.
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You only live once, lifes WAY to short to be worried about things you shudn't be doing...bout to get my smoke on right now
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im sayin though,
word to diddy [DIDDY] we ain't goin' nowhere, we ain't, goin nowhere![DIDDY]
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ANYTHING THAT IS HEATED WITH FLAME IS CARSONAGENIC !!!!
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weed increases cancer, weed decreases cancer
masterbation increases cancer, masterbation decreases cancer
Damn life is confusing. FML
masterbation increases cancer, masterbation decreases cancer
Damn life is confusing. FML
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y r u quoting yourself
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its cuz too many ppl try to smash off the viagra effect from weed smoking lol
too much beatin off. testicular cancer
too much beatin off. testicular cancer
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Kush could have ya testicles falling off
Good thing I don't chief but more power to you if you do
Good thing I don't chief but more power to you if you do
