Use of cannabis in urological cancer patients: A review to evaluate risk for cancer development, therapeutic use, and symptom management.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent recreational legalization of cannabis has resulted in an increased interest in the therapeutic effects of cannabis use in cancer patients, with reports of its use in symptom management and as a risk factor for cancer development. The objective of this review was to evaluate the literature on the association of cannabis use with the risk of cancer development, symptom management, and therapeutic management in the urological cancer (UC) patient population.

Methods

A systematic search of databases and trial registries for papers published from January 1947 to March 2020 on cannabis, symptom and therapeutic management, and cancer development in UC patients was conducted. After screening of full-text articles, data were extracted for evaluation. Studies were e

SUBMITTER: Taneja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8631835 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature