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Bladder Cancer
Cannabis for Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer is where a growth of abnormal tissue, called a tumor, develops in the bladder lining, where it can sometimes stay (non-muscle-invasive or early bladder cancer). It can sometimes spread to the bladder muscle and beyond (invasive). The most common symptom is blood in the urine. There were about 83,730 new cases of bladder cancer (about 64,280 in men and 19,450 in women) in the US in 2021. About 1 in 3 cases of bladder cancer are due to smoking tobacco.
Interestingly, smoking cannabis alone is associated with a lower risk of bladder cancer, according to some research. Bladder cancer is the fourth most common malignancy amongst men in the US, and there are few effective treatments available for it. Cannabinoids could be a very useful treatment for bladder cancer, and many other types of cancer in general.
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Laboratory Study
5
Meta-analysis
14
Total studies
Bladder Cancer
19
Positive
9 studies
47%
Inconclusive
8 studies
42%
Negative
2 studies
11%
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- Advances in transient receptor potential vanilloid-2 channel expression and function in tumor growth and progression
- Anti-cancer properties of cannflavin A and potential synergistic effects with gemcitabine, cisplatin, and cannabinoids in bladder cancer
- Association Between Cannabis Use And The Risk Of Bladder Cancer: Results From The California Men's Health
- Association between cannabis use with urological cancers: A population-based cohort study and a mendelian randomization study in the UK biobank
- Biological effects of cannabidiol on human cancer cells: Systematic review of the literature