The data presented here may indicate that CBD led to a partial tumour response in a patient with histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the lung. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Striking lung cancer response to self-administration of cannabidiol: A case report and literature review.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2019 ;7:2050313X19832160. Epub 2019 Feb 21. PMID: 30815264
Josep Sulé-Suso
In spite of new drugs, lung cancer is associated with a very poor prognosis. While targeted therapies are improving outcomes, it is not uncommon for many patients to have only a partial response, and relapse during follow-up. Thus, new drugs or re-evaluation of existing therapies used to treat other non-malignant diseases (drug repurposing) are still needed. While this research bothandis being carried out, it is important to be attentive to patients where the disease responds to treatments not considered standard in clinical practice. We report here a patient with adenocarcinoma of the lung who, after declining chemotherapy and radiotherapy, presented with tumour response following self-administration of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive compound present in. Prior work has shown that cannabidiol may have anti-neoplastic properties and enhance the immune response to cancer. The data presented here indicate that cannabidiol might have led to a striking response in a patient with lung cancer.