Research

Much research has already been carried out into various cancers and both cannabinoids as well as the ketogenic diet…

Cannabinoids

The heterogeneity and complexity of Cannabis extracts as antitumor agents – Baram, Peled, Berman, Yellin, Besser, Benami, Louria-Hayon, Lewitus & Meiri (2019) – Oncotarget
The Potential for Pharmacokinetic Interactions Between Cannabis Products and Conventional Medications – Qian, Gurley & Markowitz (2019) – Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Repositioning Cannabinoids in Recent Drug Discovery and it’s Manifestation in Cancer Therapy – Kulkarni & Goswami (2019) – EC Pharmacology and Toxicology
Nannocannabinoids for brain tumor drug delivery – Blanco, Romero & Torres-Suarez (2019) – Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia
Cannabinoid Signaling in Cancer – Das, Kaul, Mishra, Charan & Ganju (2019) – Recent Advances in Cannabinoid Physiology and Pathology
What are the perspectives of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of glioblastoma – Nahler (2018) – Clinical Sciences Research and Reports
Synthetic Cannabinoid Activity Against Colorectal Cancer Cells – Raup-Konsavage, Johnson, Legare, Yochum, Morgan & Vrana (2018) – Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Synergistic Effect of Cannabidiol with Conventional Chemotherapy Treatment – Strong, Rauvolfova, Jackson, Pham & Bryant (2018) – Blood
Analysis of Potential Anti-Cancer Effects of Cannabinol and Cannabidiol using HCC1806 and HEK293 Cell Lines – Galatonov, Li, Zhong & Kovalchuk (2018) – URSCA Proceedings
The current state and future perspectives of cannabinoids in cancer biology – Sledzinski, Zeyland, Slomski, Nowak (2018) – Cancer Medcine
Chronic Adolescent Δ 9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol Treatment of Male Mice Leads to Long-Term Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction, Which Are Prevented by Concurrent Cannabidiol Treatment – Murphy, Mills, Winstone & Mackie (2017) – Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Cannabidiol: State of the art and new challenges for therapeutic applications – Pisanti, Malfitano, Ciaglia, Lamberti, Ranieri, Cuomo, Abate, Figgiana, Proto, Fiore, Laezza & Bifulco (2017) – Pharmacology & Theraputics
The Pharmacology and Therapeutic Potential of Plant Cannabinoids – Cascio, Pertwee & Marini (2017) – Botany and Biotechnology
Quantitative Analyses of Synergistic Responses between Cannabidiol and DNA-Damaging Agents on the Proliferation and Viability of Glioblastoma and Neural Progenitor Cells in Culture – Deng, Ng, Ozawa & Stella (2017) – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics
Phytochemical Aspects and Therapeutic Perspective of Cannabinoids in Cancer Treatment – Vladimir‐Knežević, Blažeković, Štefan & Kindl (2017) – Intech
A Review of the Therapeutic Antitumor Potential of Cannabinoids – Bogdanovic, Mrdanovic & Borisev (2017) – The Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medcine
From Phytocannabinoids to Cannabinoid Receptors and Endocannabinoids: Pleiotropic Physiological and Pathological Roles Through Complex Pharmacology – Ligresti, De Petrocellis & Di Marzo (2016) – Physiological Reviews
Novel role of cannabinoid receptor 2 in inhibiting EGF/EGFR and IGF-I/IGF-IR pathways in breast cancer – Elbaz, Ahirwar, Ravi, Nasser & Ganju (2016) – Oncotarget
In vitro and in vivo efficacy of non-psychoactive cannabidiol in neuroblastoma – Fisher, Golan, Schib, PriChen, Smoum, Moshe, Peshes-Yaloz, Castiel, Waldman, Gallily, Mechoulam & Toren (2016) – Current Oncology
Cannabinoids synergize with carfilzomib, reducing multiple myeloma cells viability and migration – Nabissi, Morelli, Offidani & Santoni (2016) – Oncotarget
Cannabidiol rather than Cannabis sativa extracts inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in cervical cancer cells – Lukhele & Motadi (2016) – BMC Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Modulation of the tumor microenvironment and inhibition of EGF/EGFR pathway: novel anti-tumor mechanisms of Cannabidiol in breast cancer – Elbaz, Nasser, Ravi, Wani, Ahirwar, Zhao, Oghumu, Satoskar, Shilo, Carson & Ganju (2015) – Molecular Oncology
Inhibiting Heat Shock Proteins Can Potentiate the Cytotoxic Effect of Cannabidiol in Human Glioma Cells – Scott, Dennis, Dalgleish & Liu (2015) – Anticancer Research
Cannabidiol stimulates Aml-1a-dependent glial differentiation and inhibits glioma stem-like cells proliferation by inducing autophagy in a TRPV2-dependent manner – Nabissi, Morelli, Amantini, Liberati, Santoni, Ricci-Vitiani, Pallini & Santoni (2015) – iInternational Journal of Cancer
The effects of cannabidiol and its synergism with bortezomib in multiple myeloma cell lines. A role for transient receptor potential vanilloid type-2 – Morelli, Offidani, Alesiani, Discepoli, Liberati, Olivieri, Santoni, Santoni, Leoni & Nabissi (2014) – International Journal of Cancer
The combination of cannabidiol and Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol enhances the anticancer effects of radiation in an orthotopic murine glioma model – Scott, Dalgleish & Liu (2014) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
Targeting multiple cannabinoid anti-tumour pathways with a resorcinol derivative leads to inhibition of advanced stages of breast cancer – Murase, Kawamura, Singer, Pakdel, Sarma, Judkins, Elwakeel, Dayal, Martinez-Martinez, Amere, Gujjar, Mahadevan, Desprez & McAllister (2014) – British Journal of Pharmacology
Inhibition of colon carcinogenesis by a standardized Cannabis sativa extract with high content of cannabidiol – Romano, Borrelli, Pagano, Cascio, Pertwee & Izzo (2014) – Phytomedicine
Cannabinoids increase lung cancer cell lysis by lymphokine-activated killer cells via upregulation of ICAM-1 – Haustein, Ramer, Linnebacher, Manda & Hinz (2014) – Biochamical Pharmacology
Triggering of the TRPV2 channel by cannabidiol sensitizes glioblastoma cells to cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents – Nabissi, Morelli, Santoni & Santoni (2013) – Carcinogenesis
Critical appraisal of the potential use of cannabinoids in cancer management – Cridge& Rosengren (2013) – Cancer Management & Research
Systematic review of the literature on clinical and experimental trials on the antitumor effects of cannabinoids in gliomas – Rocha, Guilherme, Stefano & Silveira (2013) – Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Local delivery of cannabinoid-loaded microparticles inhibits tumor growth in a murine xenograft model of glioblastoma multiforme – Hernan Perez, Lorente, Gil-Alegre, Torres, Garcia-Taboada, Aberturas, Molpeceres, Velasco & Torres-Suarez (2013) – PLOS One
COX-2 and PPAR-gamma confer cannabidiol-induced apoptosis of human lung cancer cells – Ramer, Heinmann, Merkord, Rohde, Salamon, Linnenbacher & Hinz (2013) – Molecuar Cacer Theraputics
Cannabidiol, a Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoid Compound, Inhibits Proliferation and Invasion in U87MG and T98G Glioma Cells through a Multitarget Effect – Solinas, Massi, Cinquina, Bolognini, Gariboldi, Monti, Rubino & Parolaro (2013) – PLOS One
Cannabidiol inhibits angiogenesis by multiple mechanisms – Solinas, Massi, Cantelmo, Cattaneo, Cammarota, Bartolini, Cinquina, Valenti, Vicentini, Noonan, Albini & Parolaro (2012) – British Journal of Pharmacology
Towards the use of cannabinoids as antitumour agents – Velasco, Sanchez & Guzman (2012) – Nature Review Cancer
Chemopreventive effect of the non-psychotropic phytocannabinoid cannabidiol on experimental colon cancer – Aviello, Roano, Borrelli, Capasso, Gallo, Piscitelli, Di Marzo & Izzo (2012) – Journal of Molecular Medicine
Cannabidiol inhibits lung cancer cell invasion and metastasis via intercellular adhesion molecule-1 – Ramer, Bublitz, Freimuth, Merkord, Rohde, Haustein, Borchert, Schmuhl, Linnebacher & Hinz (2012) – FASEB Jorunal
Cannabidiol inhibits angiogenesis by multiple mechanisms – Solinas Massi, Cantelmo, Cattaneo, Cammarota, Bartolini, Cinquina, Valenti, Vicentini,Noonan, Albini & Parolaro (2012) – British Journal of Pharmacology
Update on the endocannabinoid system as an anticancer target – Malfitano, Ciaglia, Gangemi & Bifulco (2011) – Expert Opinion on Theraputic Targets
Crosstalk between chemokine receptor CXCR4 and cannabinoid receptor CB2 in modulating breast cancer growth and invasion – Nasser, Qamri, Deol, Smith, Shilo, Zou & Ganju (2011) – PLOS One
Cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2, as novel targets for inhibition of non-small cell lung cancer growth and metastasis. – Preet, Qamri, Nasser, Prasad, Shilo, Zou, Groopman & Ganju (2011) – Cancer Prevention Research
Anti-tumoral action of cannabinoids on hepatocellular carcinoma: role of AMPK-dependent activation of autophagy – Vara, Salazar, Olea-Herrero, Guzman, Velasco & Diaz-Laviada (2011) – Cell Death and Differentiation
Plasma cannabinoid pharmacokinetics following controlled oral delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and oromucosal cannabis extract administration – Karschner, Darwin, Goodwin, Wright & Huestis (2011) – Clinical Chemistry
Pathways mediating the effects of cannabidiol on the reduction of breast cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis – McAllister, Murase, Christian, Lau, Zielinski, Allison, Almanza, Pakdel, Lee, Limbard, Liu, Debs, Moore & Desprez (2011) – Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Cannabidiol induces programmed cell death in breast cancer cells by coordinating the cross-talk between apoptosis and autophagy – Shrivastava, Kuzontkoski, Groopman & Prasad (2011) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
A combined preclinical therapy of cannabinoids and temozolomide against glioma – Torres, Lorente, Rodrigues-Formes, Hemandez-Tiedra, Salazar, Garcia-Taboada, Barcia, Guzman & Valasco (2011) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
Cannabis-derived substances in cancer therapy–an emerging anti-inflammatory role for the cannabinoids.   – Liu, Fowler & Dalgleish (2010) – Current Clinical Pharmacology
Cannabinoids reduce ErbB2-driven breast cancer progression through Akt inhibition – Caffarel, Andradas, Mira, Perez-Gomez, Cerutti, Moreno-Bueno, Flores, Garcia-Real, Palacios, Manes, Guzman & Sanchez (2010) – Lmolecular Cancer
Decrease of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 may contribute to the anti-invasive action of cannabidiol on human lung cancer cells – Ramer, Rohde, Merkord, Rohde & Hinz (2010) – Parmaceutical Research
Cannabidiol inhibits cancer cell invasion via upregulation of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 – Ramer, Merkord, Rohde & Hinz (2010) – Biochemical Pharmacology
Cannabidiol enhances the inhibitory effects of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol on human glioblastoma cell proliferation and survival – Marcu, Christian, Lau, Zielinski, Horowitz, Lee, Pakdel, Allison, Limbad, Moore, Yount, Desperez & McAllister (2010) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
Antitumorigenic effects of cannabinoids beyond apoptosis – Freimuth, Ramer & Hinz (2010) – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics
Analysis of natural product regulation of cannabinoid receptors in the treatment of human disease – Badal, Smith & Rajnarayanan (2009) – Pharmacology & Theraputics
Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists inhibit tumor growth and metastasis of breast cancer – Qamri, Preet, Nasser, Bass, Leone, Barsky & Ganju (2009) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
Cannabinoids and cancer: pros and cons of an antitumour strategy – Bifulco, Laezza, Pisanti & Gazzerro (2009) – British Journal of Pharmacology
Cannabinoids for cancer treatment: progress and promise – Sarfaraz, Adhami, Syed, Afaq & Mukhtar (2008) – Cancer Research
Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lung cancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo – Preet, Ganju & Groopman (2008) – Oncogene
Inhibition of cancer cell invasion by cannabinoids via increased expression of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 – Ramer & Hinz (2008) – Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Endocannabinoids in endocrine and related tumours – Bifulco, Malfitano, Pisanti & Laezza (2008) – Endocrine-Related Cancer
Cannabinoid receptor activation induces apoptosis through tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated ceramide de nono synthesis in colon cancer cells – Cianchi, Papucci, Schiavone, Lulli, Magnelli, Vinci, Messerini,Manera, Ronconi, Romagnani, Donnini, Perigli, Trallori, Tangabelli, Capaccioli & Masini (2008) – Clinical Cancer Research
Cannabidiol-induced apoptosis in primary lymphocytes is associated with oxidative stress-dependent activation of caspase-8. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol – Wu, Chu, Wang, Lee, Lin, & Jan (2008) – Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
A comparative study on cannabidiol-induced apoptosis in murine thymocytes and EL-4 thymoma cells – Lee, Wey, Liao & Jan (2008) – International Immunopharmacology
5-Lipoxygenase and anandamide hydrolase (FAAH) mediate the antitumor activity of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid – Massi, Valenti, Vaccani, Gasperi, Perletti, Marras, Fezza, Maccarrone, Parolaro (2008) – Journal of Neurochmistry
Cannabidiol as a novel inhibitor of Id-1 gene expression in aggressive breast cancer cells – McAllister, Christian, Horowitz, Garcia & Desprez (2007) – Molecular Cancer Theraputics
The non-psychoactive cannabidiol triggers caspase activation and oxidative stress in human glioma cells – Massi, Vaccani, Bianchessi, Costa, Macchi & Parolaro (2006) – Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Cannabinoids induce apoptosis of pancreatic tumor cells via endoplasmic reticulum stress-related genes – Carracedo, Gironella, Lorente, Garcia, Guzman, Velasco & Iovanna (2006) – Cancer Research
Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for the treatment of melanoma – Blázquez, Carracedo, Barrado, Real, Fernandez-Luna, Valesco, Malumbres & Guzman (2006) – FASEB Jorunal
Cannabidiol-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells: A novel role of cannabidiol in the regulation of p22phox and Nox4 expression – McKallip, Jia, Schlomer, Warren, Nagarkatti & Nagarkatti (2006) – Molecular Pharmacology
Antitumor activity of plant cannabinoids with emphasis on the effect of cannabidiol on human breast carcinoma – Ligresti, Moriello, Starowicz, Matias, Pisanti, De Petrocellis, Laezza, Portella, Bifulco & Di Marzo (2006) – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics
Cannabinoids and cancer: potential for colorectal cancer therapy – Patsos, Hicks, Greenhought, Williams & Paraskeva (2005) – Biochemical Society Transactions
Cannabidiol inhibits human glioma cell migration through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism – Vaccani, Massi, Colombo, Rubino & Parolaro (2005) – Biochemical Pharmacology
Tetrahydrocannabinol Enhances Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis by Suppression of the Antitumor Immune Response – McKallip, Nagarkatti & Nagarkatti (2005) – The Journal of Immunology
The endogenous cannabinoid system protects against colonic inflammation – Massa, Marsicano, Hermann, Cannich, Monory, Cravatt, Ferri, Sibaev, Storr & Lutz (2004) – The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Cannabinoids inhibit the vascular endothelial growth factor pathway in gliomas – Blazquez, Gonzalez-Feria, Alvarez et al (2004) – Cancer Research
Antitumor effects of cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, on human glioma cell lines – Massi, Vaccani, Ceruti, Colombo, Abbacchio & Parolaro (2004) – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics
Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis by cannabinoids – Blazquez, Casanova, Planas, Pulgar, Vilanueva, Fernandez-Acenero, Aragones, Huffman, Jorcano & Guzman (2003) – The FASEB Journal
Cannabinoids: potential anticancer agents – Guzman (2003) – Nature Review Cancer
Inhibition of skin tumour growth and angiogenesis in vivo by activation of cannabinoid receptors – Casanova, Blazquez, Martinez-Palacio, Villanueva, Fernandez-Acenero, Huffman, Jorcano & Guzman (2003) – The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Gamma-irradiation enhances apoptosis induced by cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, in cultured HL-60 myeloblastic leukemia cells. Leuk Lymphoma – Gallily, Even-Chena, Katzavian, Lehmann, Dagan & Mechoulam (2003) – Leukemia & Lymphoma
Targeting the endocannabinoid system in cancer therapy: a call for further research – Bifulco & di Marzo (2002) – Nature Medicine
Targeting CB2 cannabinoid receptors as a novel therapy to treat malignant lymphoblastic disease – McKallip, Lombard, Fisher, Martin, Ryu, Grant, Nagarkatti & Nagarkatti (2002) – Blood
Inhibition of glioma growth in vivo by selective activation of the CB(2) cannabinoid receptor – Sánchez, Ceballos, Pulgar, Rueda, Corbacho, Velasco, Galve-Roperh, Huffman, Ramon y Cajal & Guzman (2001) – Cancer Research
Anti-tumoral action of cannabinoids: involvement of sustained ceramide accumulation and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation – Galye-Roperh, Sanchez, Cortes, Pulgar, Izquierdo & Guzman (2000) – Nature America
Tetrahydrocannabinol Treatment Suppresses Immunity and Early IFN-γ, IL-12, and IL-12 Receptor β2 Responses to Legionella pneumophila Infection – Klein, Newton, Nakachi & Friedman (2000) – The Journal of Immunology
Tetrahydrocannabinol Inhibits Antitumor Immunity by a CB2 Receptor-Mediated, Cytokine-Dependent Pathway – Zhu, Sharma, Stolina, Gardner, Roth, Tashkin & Dubinett (2000) – The Journal of Immunology
NTP Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 1-Trans-Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (CAS No. 1972-08-3) in F344 Rats and B6C3F1 Mice – National Toxicity Programme (1996) –
Assay of plasma cannabidiol by capillary gas chromatography/ion trap mass spectroscopy following high-dose repeated daily oral administration in humans – Consroe, Kennedy & Schram (1991) – Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behaviour
Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids – Munson, Harris, Friedman, Dewey & Carchman (1975) – Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Diet

Dietary Fat and Sugar in Promoting Cancer Development and Progression – Goncalves, Hopkins & Cantley (2019) – Annual Review of Cancer Biology
Improving the Quality of Dietary Research – Ludwig, Ebbeling & Heymsfield (2019) – JAMA
Ketogenic diet combined with antioxidant N-acetylcysteine inhibits tumor growth in a mouse model of anaplastic thyroid cancer – Aggarwal, Yuan, Barletta, Lorch & Nehs (2019) – Presented at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Ketogenic diet in the treatment of cancer – Where do we stand? – Weber, Aminzadeh-Gohari, Tulipan, Catalano, Feichtinger & Kofler (2019) – Molecular Metabolism
Ketogenic diet treatment in recurrent diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in children: A safety and feasibility study – Van der Louw, Reddingius, Olieman, Neuteboom & Catsman-Berrevoets (2019) – Paediatric Blood Cancer
The ERK and JNK pathways in the regulation of metabolic reprogramming – Papa, Choy & Bubici (2019) – Oncogene
Adherence to low carbohydrate diet in relation to glioma: A case-control study – Ebrahimpour-Koujan, Shayanfar, Benisi-Kohansal, Mohammad-Shirazi, Sharifi & Esmaillzadeh (2018) – Clinical Nutrition
Effects of Ketogenic Diet for Breast Cancer Treatment. A Protocol for Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial – Khodabakhshi, Akbari, Mirzaei, Kazemian, Kalantari, Kalamian, Sotoudeh & Davoodi (2018) – Journal of Biochemical Technology

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