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Chemotherapy combined with CBD triples the survival time with pancreatic cancer

Chemotherapy combined with CBD Against pancreatic cancer New research shows that combined chemotherapy with CBD triples the survival time of mice with pancreatic cancer, compared to chemotherapy alone. A new study published in the journal Oncogene examined the effects of combining chemotherapy with CBD (cannabidiol - the non-psychoactive component of cannabis) for mice with pancreatic cancer. Survival time - up to 3 times One group of mice received chemotherapy alone, in the form of the drug gemcitabine, a chemotherapy drug given to treat several cancers. The second group received a combination of gemcitabine and CBD. The summary of the study found that the survival time for the group that received both gemcitabine and CBD was 3 times longer than the group that received gemcitabine alone. In other words, the combination of CBD and chemotherapy was more effective than chemotherapy alone. "Cannabidiol is already approved for clinical use in the UK, so we may soon be able to review t...