The Urgent Need for Cannabis as a Cancer Treatment

Many innovative treatments for cancer have been developed in the last half-century. Despite advancements in medical technology, prognoses are still poor for patients diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, and even survival times for patients diagnosed with some early-stage cancers are low. For example, <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/cancer/art-20044517" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">56% of patients</a> diagnosed with an early-stage lung cancer live for at least five years after diagnosis, which means that for patients who catch the cancer early, 44% still die in the near-term. The five-year survival rate for metastatic lung cancer is only 5%. Cancer cases are expected to increase all across the world over the next decade, most starkly in low-income countries. As the <a href="https://www.who.int/cancer/resources/keyfacts/en" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> notes, “Between 2008 and 2030, the number of new cancer cases is expected to increase more than 80% in low-income countries, which is double the rate expected in high-income countries (40%).” Global cancer deaths are also projected to increase substantially. In 2008, 7.6 million people died from cancer; in 2030, that number is expected to be 13 million. The traditional route of focusing exclusively on chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and even immunotherapy clearly is not enough. Society must contemplate the potential of plants to help significantly reduce the cancer death burden. <a href="https://cannabisforcancer.medium.com/the-urgent-need-for-cannabis-as-a-cancer-treatment-9b501615fa8f">Click Here</a>