Cancer
The treatment of cannabis helps oncologists cope with the side effects of treatments and improve quality of life by relieving nausea, encouraging appetite, sleeping, mood improvement and pain relief. Laboratory studies and testimonies of some patients also indicate an improvement in the course of the disease.
Indications by the Israeli Ministry of Health:
► Oncology Field:
- Patients undergoing chemotherapy or those up to six months after treatment for nausea and pain relief related to their treatment.
- For pain relief for patients with metastatic cancers and after conventional treatment methods are exhausted.
Oncology departments who have received permission to issue a license in the hospital:
• Rambam Medical Center (Haifa)
• Ziv Medical Center (Safed)
• Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Rishon Lezion)
• Ichilov Sourasky Medical Center (Tel Aviv)
• Medical Center, Sheba - Tel Hashomer
• Holy Family Hospital - Nazareth
• Galilee Medical Center is a hospital located in the coastal city of Nahariya
• Rabin Medical Center - Petah Tikva
• Barzilai Medical Center - Ashkelon
• Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya - Galilee
• Hadassah Medical Center - Ein Karem Jerusalem
Research
Safety and efficacy of medical cannabis and epidemiological characteristics of the cancer patients population
Lihi Bar-Lev Schleider, Ben Gurion University and Soroka Medical Centre, Beersheba, Israel
Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Sep;55(3):597-602
Munson AE, Harris LS, Friedman MA, Dewey WL, Carchman RA
The endocannabinoid system and cancer: Therapeutic Implications
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Effects of cannabinoids and cannabinoid-enriched Cannabis extracts on TRP channels and endocannabinoid metabolic enzymes
De Petrocellis L, Ligresti A, Moriello AS, Allarà M, Bisogno T, Petrosino S, Stott CG, Di Marzo V
Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Cybernetics and Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy; GW Pharma Ltd., UK
Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of THC:CBD Extract and THC Extract in Patients With Intractable Cancer-Related Pain
Johnson JR, Burnell-Nugent M, Lossignol D, Ganae-Motan ED, Potts R, Fallon MT.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Feb;39(2):167-79
A cannabis extract containing THC and CBD was superior in reducing pain than placebo.
Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Sep;55(3):597-602
Munson AE, Harris LS, Friedman MA, Dewey WL, Carchman RA
The endocannabinoid system and cancer: Therapeutic Implications
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Effects of cannabinoids and cannabinoid-enriched Cannabis extracts on TRP channels and endocannabinoid metabolic enzymes
De Petrocellis L, Ligresti A, Moriello AS, Allarà M, Bisogno T, Petrosino S, Stott CG, Di Marzo V
Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Cybernetics and Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy; GW Pharma Ltd., UK
Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of THC:CBD Extract and THC Extract in Patients With Intractable Cancer-Related Pain
Johnson JR, Burnell-Nugent M, Lossignol D, Ganae-Motan ED, Potts R, Fallon MT.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Feb;39(2):167-79
A cannabis extract containing THC and CBD was superior in reducing pain than placebo.
