Year 2022 / Volume 29 / Supplement 1

Cannabinoids Article

Medical cannabis and cancer: benefits for cancer pain and other related symptoms

Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor. 2022; 29(13): 14-19 / DOI: 10.20986/resed.2022.4026/2022

Manuel Herrero


ABSTRACT

Cannabis has the potential to modulate some of the most common symptoms of cancer, either from the tumour itself or from its treatments. However, the paucity of scientific evidence for its effectiveness and the historical stigma causes a problem to clinicians for choosing it as a therapeutic option for their patients. This review reflects the influence of medical cannabis on the most common and debilitating symptoms in cancer, including pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, and anorexia and loss of appetite. Additionaly we do a review of the medical cannabis as an anticancer agent.



RESUMEN

El cannabis tiene el potencial de modular algunos de los síntomas más prevalentes en el cáncer, ya sean derivados del propio tumor o de los tratamientos antitumorales. Sin embargo, la escasez de evidencia científica sobre su eficacia y el estigma histórico ocasiona un problema para que los profesionales médicos puedan elegirlo como una opción terapéutica para sus pacientes. Esta revisión refleja la influencia del cannabis medicinal en los síntomas más prevalentes y debilitantes en cáncer, incluyendo el dolor, las náuseas y los vómitos inducidos por quimioterapia, la neuropatía periférica inducida por quimioterapia, y la anorexia y la pérdida de apetito. Asimismo, se repasa la evidencia actual del cannabis como agente anticanceroso.





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