Some studies in rats show that cannabis makes cancer better, while others show that it makes cancer worse. What has the only clinical trial found so far?
Cannabis and Cancer: Reality or Deception? I have addressed this question in my video Can cannabis treat cancer?. Among the alternative cancer treatments, cannabis Live A strangely politicized position, hailed by some as a suppressed panacea, denounced by others as an illegal and psychotropic drug… At the far end of the spectrum are those who insist cannabis… helped cure their cancer. Promise, and even hype, can happen Reach of hysterical proportions, with claims about cannabis cancer cures circulating in cyberspace at a breakneck pace.”
Sometimes, the patient will You have A cancer that can be treated with conventional treatments, such as surgically removing it before it spreads, but chooses to forgo that treatment in favor of a purported treatment that has “a large number of online testimonials”.
Yes, as you can see in the chart and at 0:54 in my country videoCannabinoids like THC scale down brain tumor size in mice or suppression of tumor cell growth in a petri dish, but “mice and rats We are Not people, and what is observed in the laboratory It doesn’t necessarily translate to human clinical medicine.” Does it hurt to just try it, though? Well, there is other evidence that cannabinoid compounds “could Encourage cancer cell growth.” In fact, research suggests that THC may be Hinder tumor immunity or conclude Cancer cell proliferation to improve Growth of breast cancer metastasis by suppression of the antitumor immune response–at least in mouse mammary tumors. You don’t know what happens to people…until you experience it. But, for legal reasons, few human studies You have It has been done. Fortunately, “after years of severely freezing cannabis-related research, funding, and materials, the thaw is start. But, where do you start?
Well, if the compounds of cannabinoids – cannabinoids – “so Supposedly It has a potential anti-cancer effect acting through CB1 [cannabinoid] Receptors, it would follow that the brain – where the CB1 receptor is most densely populated… receptors – would be a good place to start the investigation. “
One of the most devastating forms of cancer he is Glioblastoma,” a fast-growing type of malignant brain tumor, was the first cancer tested for.
Cannabinoid compounds sometimes inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals, but their anti-tumor effects were not tested in humans until recently. Finally, the first clinical study on cancer was done – a pilot study of nine patients with recurrent glioblastoma, which means their tumors had been removed and then they had radiotherapy, but the cancer had returned and was growing. The researchers injected THC directly into their tumors. Study participants went back into surgery, and had a scoop excavated from the center of their tumors. A catheter was inserted in the middle and the other end was taken out of their heads, and the researchers dripped THC directly into the tumor using a syringe. THC has already been tested on biopsy samples and shown to be able to kill some cancer cells in a petri dish. What happened when it was tried on the patients themselves? All patients died within months.
As you can see in the chart it’s at 3:39 in my country videoIn a few subjects, it appears that THC may be a job for a few weeks, but then their tumors started to grow again despite repeat treatments. The patient with the most dramatic results was a 35-year-old man. Within four weeks, his tumor had shrunk dramatically, but then returned with a vengeance, and despite more injections, his condition worsened and then disappeared. With no control group, the effect of treatment on overall survival is not clear.
This was the first clinical trial on cancer and Just A clinical trial on cancer, and it was published more than a decade ago. However, there is some good news: there is We are More than 15 trials are currently ongoing. The most exciting trial may be the phase II trial in Israel, which is again looking at “advanced cancers that have progressed through all standard treatments.” In the meantime, if you’re undergoing standard treatment like chemotherapy, at least we are I know Cannabis may help with some side effects.
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