Medicinal cannabis helps cancer pain
Medicinal cannabis can help relieve pain caused by cancer and reduce the number of drugs patients need, Canadian research suggests.
Cannabinoids and cancer: causation, remediation, and palliation
This review discusses three different associations between cannabinoids and cancer. First, it assesses evidence that smoking of cannabis preparations may cause cancers of the aerodigestive and respiratory system.
Cancer sufferer who put cannabis in her food to ease pain fined
Around 17,000 people in the UK are now thought to have received legal medical cannabis for a range of conditions including chronic pain, depression, insomnia and Parkinson’s.
A selective review of medical cannabis in cancer pain management
Insufficient management of cancer-associated chronic and neuropathic pain adversely affects patient quality of life.
Cancer patient grew cannabis ‘for medicinal use’ after prescription delayed
A cancer patient set up two illegal cannabis farms to produce cannabis oil ‘for medicinal reasons’, a court heard.
Many patients with breast cancer use cannabis but do not notify their physician
More than 40% of patients with breast cancer reported using cannabis to manage their treatment symptoms, yet most patients did not discuss cannabis use with a physician, according to survey results published in Cancer.
Cannabis May Help Manage Cancer-Related Symptoms and AEs, But Clinical Research Remains a Challenge
Medical cannabis can help alleviate adverse events from cancer treatment, like vomiting, nausea, appetite loss, and sleeping difficulty, explained Eloise Theisen, RN, MSN, AGPCNP-BC.
Medical cannabis: The next innovation in oncology?
The market for medical cannabis has been growing steadily over the last decade, but it may be on the cusp of a breakthrough in oncology.
Texas cancer patients and people with PTSD will soon be able to join state’s expanded medical marijuana program
David Bass, a military veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, at his home in Killeen on Sunday. He’s used illegal marijuana to treat symptoms, but plans to enroll in the state’s medical cannabis program that expands Sept. 1.
A selective review of medical cannabis in cancer pain management
Insufficient management of cancer-associated chronic and neuropathic pain adversely affects patient quality of life.