Cannabis enhances the anticancer effects of radiation & alleviates its health consequences.
In 2000 when I was 10-years-old, I participated in a clinical trial for carbogen inhalation therapy. It was given in conjunction with radiation therapy based on little evidence at the time that it enhances radio-sensitivity to glioma (tumor) cells. Unfortunately, it makes the surrounding organs and tissues more radio-sensitive too.
In 2014, research showed what really enhances radio-sensitivity of glioma cells is pre-treatment with THC combined with CBD before radiation. Cannabinoids reduce the amount of radiation needed to treat a tumor, and they also protect the surrounding healthy tissues from the harmful side effects and late effects of radiation.
I know what you’re thinking, but how could they have known back then?! Well, the first study demonstrating THC-induced apoptosis of gliomas was first published in 1998. A lot more were published after that.
Sources:
"Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol induces apoptosis in C6 glioma cells".
FEBS Letters Vol. 436, issue 1, pp. 6-10. PMID: 9771884.
Scott KA, Dalgleish AG, Liu WM (2014). "The combination of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol enhances the anticancer effects of radiation in an orthotopic murine glioma model". Molecular Cancer Therapy. Vol 13, issue 12, pp. 2955-67. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-14-0402. PMID: 25398831.
The same goes for chemotherapy (temozolomide) and glioma/glioblastoma. Although still incurable, glioblastoma research is making lots of progress thanks to cannabis for cancer research.
Upvoted. I hope less people have to suffer like you did!
Thank you for keeping them honest with your research!! <3
what is carbogen? thanks for sharing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbogen @legalcanada, carbogen is a gas that's inhaled at the same time that radiation is given. It's supposed to make the tumor (but unfortunately surrounding tissue) more radiosensitive. The objective is to enhance the effects of radiation to need less of it to live longer. 80% of childhood cancer patients survive, but almost 100% have "late effects" aka shortened life.