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Originally Posted by Kaneman
The Madrid researchers reported in the March issue of "Nature Medicine" that they injected the brains of 45 rats with cancer cells, producing tumors whose presence they confirmed through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). On the 12th day they injected 15 of the rats with THC and 15 with Win-55,212-2 a synthetic compound similar to THC. "All the rats left untreated uniformly died 12-18 days after glioma (brain cancer) cell inoculation ... Cannabinoid (THC)-treated rats survived significantly longer than control rats. THC administration was ineffective in three rats, which died by days 16-18. Nine of the THC-treated rats surpassed the time of death of untreated rats, and survived up to 19-35 days. Moreover, the tumor was completely eradicated in three of the treated rats." The rats treated with Win-55,212-2 showed similar results.
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So if I understand this correctly (out of a test number of 15 each)...
15 untreated rats: all died within 12-18 days (no surprise to me)
15 rats treated with Natural THC:
3 rats died within 16 - 18 days
9 rats survived up to 35 days (but still died)
3 rats had the tumor completely eradicated
(Synthetic THC numbers similar to natural THC numbers)
So we are talking about a 20% cure rate, but still an 80% death rate.
While I am impressed that 3 tumors were completely eradicated, the 80% death rate makes me feel like the word cure is a bit strong to use (in general).