New Study Proves Cannabis Is Highly Effective in Fighting Brain Cancer
by Rick Bakas
"On Tuesday, UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals announced "positive top-line results" from Phase 2 of their clinical study where they combined THC and CBD in an entourage effect to treat patients with Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The disease is extremely difficult to defeat, with most patients living up to 15 months after chemo and radiation therapy."
"GW Pharmaceuticals combined cannabis' two main compounds in the study and found the treatment to be very successful. The clinical study focused on 21 patients who were administered THC, CBD along with a chemotherapy drug called Temozolomide. Those patients saw an 83% survival rate whereas patients who didn't receive the cannabis treatment only had a 53% survival rate. Those in the cannabis-treated group also lived well beyond 18 months on average compared to the placebo group who averaged living only 12 months." ...
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