{"id":4928,"date":"2015-10-28T16:04:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=44785"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:04:21","slug":"liver-cancer-and-cannabis-study-finds-cannabinoids-have-anti-tumoral-effect-on-hcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/liver-cancer-and-cannabis-study-finds-cannabinoids-have-anti-tumoral-effect-on-hcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Liver Cancer and Cannabis: Study Finds Cannabinoids Have Anti-Tumoral Effect on HCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/liver-cancer-and-cannabis-study-finds-cannabinoids-have-anti-tumoral-effect-on-hcc\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><strong>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26500101#Cannabinoid%20WIN55,%20212-2%20induces%20cell%20cycle%20arrest%20and%20inhibits%20the%20proliferation%20and%20migration%20of%20human%20BEL7402%20hepatocellular%20carcinoma%20cells.\" target=\"_blank\">new report<\/a> published on PubMed.gov demonstrates that cannabinoids from the marijuana plant could provide a new choice of treatment for those suffering from one of today&#8217;s deadlier forms of liver cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HCC \u2013 also known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma \u2013 is one of the most common forms of liver cancer affecting men over the age of 50. Long considered to be one of the more lethal cancer-related illnesses, HCC accounts for roughly 75% of all liver cancers.<\/p>\n<p>HCC, unlike metastatic liver cancer, starts and remains in the liver, and is caused by scarring within this vital organ. While there may\u00a0be many root sources of this deadly scarring within the liver (a.k.a. cirrhosis of the liver), the primary players are; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/06\/how-cannabis-acts-as-a-substitute-for-alcohol-and-a-cure-for-alcoholism\/\" target=\"_blank\">alcohol abuse<\/a>, autoimmune diseases of the liver, and the hepatitis B or C virus.<\/p>\n<p>Currently only a few viable treatment options are offered by Western medicine, but according to an October 23<sup>rd<\/sup> report published by The United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/07\/how-marijuana-treats-diseases-the-far-reach-of-the-endocannabinoid-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">cannabinoids may soon provide a treatment option<\/a> for this insidious disease.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study&#8217;s abstract,\u00a0\u201c<em><strong>The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cannabinoids as novel therapeutic targets in HCC<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d By utilizing synthetic cannabinoids on the damaged cell lines, the scientists\u00a0discovered\u00a0that even man-made cannabinoids\u00a0inhibited the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma,\u00a0\u00a0leading\u00a0to a healthier liver\u00a0and cell cycle arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving the report to conclude:\u00a0\u201c<em><strong>These results suggested that cannabinoid receptor agonists, including WIN, may be considered as novel therapeutics for the treatment of HCC<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The below video is Michael Cutlers&#8217; story on beating liver cancer with cannabis\u00a0oil.<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yA46jGDIbtk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26500101#Cannabinoid%20WIN55,%20212-2%20induces%20cell%20cycle%20arrest%20and%20inhibits%20the%20proliferation%20and%20migration%20of%20human%20BEL7402%20hepatocellular%20carcinoma%20cells.\" target=\"_blank\">new report<\/a> published on PubMed.gov demonstrates that cannabinoids from the marijuana plant could provide a new choice of treatment for those suffering from one of today&#8217;s deadlier forms of liver cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HCC \u2013 also known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma \u2013 is one of the most common forms of liver cancer affecting men over the age of 50. Long considered to be one of the more lethal cancer-related illnesses, HCC accounts for roughly 75% of all liver cancers.<\/p>\n<p>HCC, unlike metastatic liver cancer, starts and remains in the liver, and is caused by scarring within this vital organ. While there may\u00a0be many root sources of this deadly scarring within the liver (a.k.a. cirrhosis of the liver), the primary players are; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/06\/how-cannabis-acts-as-a-substitute-for-alcohol-and-a-cure-for-alcoholism\/\" target=\"_blank\">alcohol abuse<\/a>, autoimmune diseases of the liver, and the hepatitis B or C virus.<\/p>\n<p>Currently only a few viable treatment options are offered by Western medicine, but according to an October 23<sup>rd<\/sup> report published by The United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/07\/how-marijuana-treats-diseases-the-far-reach-of-the-endocannabinoid-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">cannabinoids may soon provide a treatment option<\/a> for this insidious disease.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study&#8217;s abstract,\u00a0\u201c<em><strong>The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cannabinoids as novel therapeutic targets in HCC<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d By utilizing synthetic cannabinoids on the damaged cell lines, the scientists\u00a0discovered\u00a0that even man-made cannabinoids\u00a0inhibited the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma,\u00a0\u00a0leading\u00a0to a healthier liver\u00a0and cell cycle arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving the report to conclude:\u00a0\u201c<em><strong>These results suggested that cannabinoid receptor agonists, including WIN, may be considered as novel therapeutics for the treatment of HCC<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The below video is Michael Cutlers&#8217; story on beating liver cancer with cannabis\u00a0oil.<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yA46jGDIbtk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2493,643,2494,2421,2495,2437,9,2496,1,3,2333],"tags":[2497,3216,2498,2427,2499,2443,2500,4900],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}