How Marijuana Accelerates Growth of HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 10:10 in Health & Medicine

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have identified the molecular mechanism activated by the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the ingredient that causes people to feel the euphoria or “high” associated with cannabis — in the bloodstream that accelerates cancer growth in patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck squamous cell […]

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