Cannabidiol (CBD) can make a chemotherapy drug called etoposide work better against prostate cancer. When CBD is used together with this drug:It significantly reduces the cancer's ability to grow and spread. This includes:
Making fewer cancer cells (proliferation).
Reducing the ability of cancer cells to form colonies or groups.
Decreasing the cancer's ability to move to other parts of the body (migration).
Limiting how well the cancer can form three-dimensional tumor structures.
It also causes the cancer cells to age and stop dividing, a state known as senescence, which means the cancer cells become less harmful because they can't multiply anymore.
Essentially, CBD seems to boost the effectiveness of etoposide, potentially making the treatment more successful at stopping or slowing down the growth and spread of prostate cancer.
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Making fewer cancer cells (proliferation).
Reducing the ability of cancer cells to form colonies or groups.
Decreasing the cancer's ability to move to other parts of the body (migration).
Limiting how well the cancer can form three-dimensional tumor structures.
It also causes the cancer cells to age and stop dividing, a state known as senescence, which means the cancer cells become less harmful because they can't multiply anymore.
Essentially, CBD seems to boost the effectiveness of etoposide, potentially making the treatment more successful at stopping or slowing down the growth and spread of prostate cancer.
Cannabidiol Enhances the Anticancer Activity of Etoposide on Prostate Cancer Cells - PubMed
<span><b>Introduction:</b> <i>Cannabis sativa</i> extract has been used as an herbal medicine since ancient times. It is one of the most researched extracts, especially among supportive treatments against cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancer types in men...
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