While there is evidence that medicinal cannabis products can help manage pain and side-effects from cancer treatment there is currently no reliable evidence that it can effectively treat cancer in patients. Further trials are needed to understand whether cannabis-containing products could be used to treat cancer in the future. You can find out more about the research that is currently being carried out in a very interesting article on our science blog.
Taking cannabis oil could potentially interfere with any other conventional cancer treatments you're having and can carry other side effects and risks as well so do be sure to discuss this with your medical team before looking in to this further.
