Skin cancer treatment with cannabinoids
Disease | Treatment | Patient(s) | Results | Ref. |
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Basal cell carcinoma, recurrent (nose) | THC-E (exact composition unknown), topical application four times daily for two weeks | 74-year-old man | After repeated surgical interventions, skin grafts and radiotherapy over the last 13 years the malignant lesion completely disappeared within two weeks of daily treatment | [148] |
Squamous cell carcinoma, hand, biopsy confirmed | 20% CBD-oil (exact composition unknown), topical application twice daily for 4 weeks | 64-year-old woman with a history of multiple squamous cell carcinomas | The patient presented with multiple skin lesions on her hands, lichen simplex chronicus on her left and squamous cell carcinoma on her right hand; lesions disappeared within four weeks | [149] |