Author: Dr Patrick SolomonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781671393523
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
More than 33,000 cases of liver cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year. It affects more men than women. The vast majority of liver cancer occurs in people older than 45. Worldwide, this disease is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Liver cancer, as the name suggests, is a type of cancer that begins in the liver. It should be noted that there is primary liver cancer and secondary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer means the cancer cells first started growing in the liver itself. Over time, these cells can travel across the body through the lymphatic system or the blood and infect other organs of the body. Once other organs are infected and new cancer cells grow, this is known as "secondary cancer." However, the type of cancer cells found in the other organ is still the same as that of primary cancer.It is important to know the difference because the treatment used for cancer will be based on the type of primary cancer. For example, secondary lung cancer that has spread and affected the liver will still be treated using treatments for lung cancer.There is no such thing as routine liver cancer. Every patient's liver cancer is different, with different, individually unique genes and molecules driving each person's specific cancer. The liver is the largest internal organ in the body. It is located on the right side of the abdomen under the lung and is divided into lobes and segments. The liver performs many vital functions such as storing nutrients and filtering and breaking down toxins in the blood. Medical cannabis and cancer is a topic that attracts much attention in the medical community. Cannabinoids such as THC and CBD have already received much praise from patients and physicians for the effective treatment of side effects such as nausea, vomiting and pain. However, research shows that these cannabinoids hide much more power in themselves.Research into the effects of cannabinoids on cancer dates back to the late 1980s, with some studies showing that THC is able to stop the maturation process of damaged cultured liver cells. Since then, an increasing number of studies are trying to capture how cannabinoids can help cure liver cancer with cannabis oil.
