Clinical Trials
Can cannabis oil cure cancer?
A newly published study has been asking, can cannabis oil cure cancer? Researchers have found earlier cannabis use was associated with a lower risk of urological conditions, such as bladder and prostate cancer.
A new study suggests cannabis use may lower the risk of urological conditions, although the effects of cannabis use on urological cancer remain unclear.
151,945 individuals from the UK Biobank were analysed between 2006 and 2010 by a team of Chinese, UK and French researchers.
The researchers found that previous use of cannabis was a “significant protective factor” for renal cell carcinoma (one of the 10 most common cancers in the United States) and prostate cancer.
Around 52,300 new cases of prostate cancer occur each year in the UK among males.
Asking the question can cannabis oil cure cancer?
Cannabis use may be associated with a “lower incidence” of renal cell carcinoma, according to researchers using Mendelian randomization.
Cannabis use was also associated with renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer in females, but not in males.
Additionally, cannabis use did not appear to be associated with testicular cancer in the study.
The researchers stated in the paper: “Previous use of cannabis was associated with a lower risk of bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and prostate cancer.
“The inverse association between cannabis and both renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer was only found in females but not in males.”
Cannabis can legally be prescribed to cancer patients in the UK for the treatment of pain and chemotherapy-related side effects.
Some cancer patients claim cannabis helped them achieve remission, but there is not enough scientific evidence to support these claims or endorse cannabis as a first-line cancer treatment.
There is, however, growing evidence that the two are related by some causal link.
According to this study, cannabis use is associated with a lower risk of developing bladder cancer, neck cancer, and liver cancer.
However, further research is needed to see what it is about cannabis that actually affects these carcinogenic cells, so it can be replicated.
