It is a known fact that liver is the human body’s recycling/filter bin. In a sense, it is body’s essential detoxification organ. It is practically a blood filtering factory, but sometimes it is helpless against specific sort of cancer. Luckily, latest research has concluded that cannabinoid treatment may end the advancement of this infectious disease. Though no human trails have proved this hypothesis so far, episodic reports by patients show positive outcome.

Below is shown how patients suffering from liver cancer have treated it with cannabis.

Facts about Liver Cancer

One of the most common types of cancer is liver cancer. Some of the things contributing to it are hepatitis infection, alcohol abuse and birth defects. This can be seen in both men women, but men are more susceptible to it. It has affected about 9,000 women and over 18,000 men in United States alone. This is a very shocking number. Nearly, 40,000 Americans are affected each year by this.

Two Types of Liver Cancer

There are mainly two kinds of liver cancer:

• Cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile duct)

• Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Unfortunately, the rate of surviving liver cancer is very low. 15% of those diagnosed with this disease have a five-year survival rate. The current treatment options also leave much to be desired. Radiation, chemotherapy, liver transplant, and opioid pain management are the treatments done.

Cannabis and Its Fight with Liver Cancer

In the year 2015, Chinese researchers successfully discovered during the cell line study that cannabinoids help in effectively fighting Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). The common kind of liver cancer is HCC. So, about 75% of the cases reported are HCC. The possible treatment for liver cancer using cannabis is definitely good news. The treatment can have a huge impact on saving many lives.

The researchers used synthetically generated cannabinoid WIN55, 212-2. This is a human generated version of psychoactive THC.  It was discovered that cannabinoids detained the embattled cancer cells, preventing them from dividing and thus stopping their growth.

Stumbling propagation is one of the main reasons for cannabis to hold anti-tumor properties. The cells freeze in one place if they are not allowed to grow and divide. Thus, cannabinoids will prevent cancer from spreading.

The study mainly focused on curing liver cancer, but positive results could be seen in bone and breast cancer. These findings are simply miraculous, giving a ray of hope to many.