Supporting gut health with medicinal cannabis in people with advanced cancer: potential benefits and challenges

HR Wardill, LT Wooley, OM Bellas, K Cao… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
The side effects of cancer therapy continue to cause significant health and cost burden to the
patient, their friends and family, and governments. A major barrier in the way in which these …

Pharmacologic management of persistent pain in cancer survivors

P Glare, K Aubrey, A Gulati, YC Lee, N Moryl… - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Improvements in screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has seen cancer mortality
substantially diminish in the past three decades. It is estimated there are almost 20 million …

Effectiveness of complementary therapies in cancer patients: a systematic review

MD Guerra-Martín, MS Tejedor-Bueno… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death in
the world. In Spain, about a quarter of a million cases were diagnosed in 2017, and 81% of …

The evolving culture of medical cannabis in Canada for the management of chronic pain

H Clarke, M Fitzcharles - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although used therapeutically for millennia, cannabis has been a prohibited substance
worldwide for most of the 20th Century. With revision of prohibitive regulations in many …

Knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing patterns of cannabis and cannabinoid-containing medicines among European healthcare workers: A systematic literature …

M Hordowicz, A Klimkiewicz, J Jarosz… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Since the introduction of the National Medical Cannabis Programme in The
Netherlands, many other countries in Europe have made medical cannabis (MC) and …

Cannabis and opioid perceptions, co-use, and substitution among patients across 4 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

RL Ashare, B Worster, SM Nugent, DM Smith… - JNCI …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Prescription opioids are used for managing pain in persons with cancer, however, there are
socioeconomic and racial disparities in medication access. Cannabis is increasingly used …

Technology behavior model—Impact of extended reality on patient surgery

PS JosephNg, X Gong - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Smart surgery is a new way to utilize smart devices to change existing surgeries. Smart
glasses can enhance the surgical procedure so that the patient can understand the …

Drug legalization, Democracy and Public Health: canadian stakeholders' Opinions and Values with Respect to the legalization of cannabis

M Rochette, M Valiquette, C Barned… - Public Health …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The legalization of cannabis in Canada instantiates principles of harm-reduction and safe
supply. However, in-depth understanding of values at stake and attitudes toward legalization …

Cannabis use among cancer survivors amid the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the COVID-19 Cannabis Health Study

M Camacho-Rivera, JY Islam, DL Rodriguez, DC Vidot - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary During the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer survivors have been identified as
a population with an increased risk for adverse outcomes. This represents an additional …

Clinical research evidence supporting administration and dosing recommendations of medicinal cannabis as analgesic in cancer patients

C Christensen, M Allesø, M Rose, C Cornett - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The analgesic potential of Cannabis sativa L.—based medicinal cannabis products for
treatment of cancer associated chronic pains has gained increased interest in recent years …