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Gliomas make up 80% of all malignant brain tumors. High-grade gliomas are fast growing, aggressive, and difficult to treat. Of these, glioblastoma multiforme (
by s0lofounder 11y ago
Gliomas make up 80% of all malignant brain tumors. High-grade gliomas are fast growing, aggressive, and difficult to treat. Of these, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and the most fatal, with a reported survival rate of less than 10% in the first five years.
Interestingly, while GBM and gliomas have been highly resistant to traditional treatment, much of what is known about the demonstrated ability of cannabis to fight cancer comes from research conducted on GBM and glioma tumor cells.
Scientists hypothesize that because brain cells have the highest concentration of cannabinoid-binding receptors in the body, brain tumors also rich in these receptors may respond best to cannabinoids (chemical compounds such as THC and CBD as found in cannabis).
http://www.cbdfarm.org/glioblastoma-and-cannabis-oil.html http://www.cbdfarm.org/glioblastoma-and-cannabis-oil.html
See for yourself how THC selectively kills GBM cells while leaving normal cells alone by watching this time-lapse video taken from an actual human tumor.
http://www.cbdfarm.org/blog/medical-marijuana-news/cannabis-kills-tumors-video.html http://www.cbdfarm.org/blog/medical-marijuana-news/cannabis-...
http://www.medicaldaily.com/cannabis-shrinks-brain-tumors-associated-highly-aggressive-form-cancer-310720 http://www.medicaldaily.com/cannabis-shrinks-brain-tumors-as...
- ekianjo 11y agoDo you know if THC are now routinely used for treatment in some places, or is it just anecdotal evidence at this stage?
- terramars 11y agoThe advantage of THC / CBD is that they have comparatively benign side effects and even help the side effects of chemo and radiation. That being said, there's a lot of pie-in-the-sky stuff around weed and I wouldn't take it too seriously other than a quality of life thing. However, CBD especially is pretty harmless so if you can get your hands on it I doubt it would hurt. I recommended it for my grandfather who has some sort of late stage brain tumor due to lack of side effects, but he elected to forego any treatment not related to quality of life so I don't have any first hand anecdote to share. I think there is a CBD clinical trial but I'm not aware of anything very scientific outside of in vitro or animal studies. If you PM me I can put you in touch with some researchers.