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Marijuana Component Could Prolong Pancreatic Cancer Survival

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Unfortunately over the last 40 years there has been little change in the life expectancy of pancreatic cancer patients. In fact, the 5 year survival rate still hovers around a dismal 5%.

CBD is a major component of cannabis (marijuana) and has been found to have many positive effects on human physiology.

In this published study, in 2018 in Oncogene, when CBD was added to the other treatment in this mouse model of pancreatic cancer treatment, it was found that the survival rate was nearly a three-fold extension!

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