by Rick Davis | Feb 6, 2020 | Complementary Medicine, Advocacy, Blood Cancers, Brain Tumors, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Resources, Health Resources, Men 'Speaking Freely', Multiple Sclerosis, Prostate Cancer, Webinars, Women's Breast Cancer
Each month Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC features a different herb in their ‘About Herbs’ series. This month it is cannabis, and you can read more here .
AnCan’s Board endorses medical marijuana for symptomatic and palliative use. In the context of cancer, we do not believe it is any way curative despite the many particpants in our groups over the years who have suggested that high doses of CBD, Simpson Oil, cannabinoid suppositories and goodness knows what else cure human cancer. The evidence is NOT there at this time – and to argue that clinical trials are impeded because medical marijuana is not federally legal ignores the evidence from the rest of the world. We only wish 10% of the money spent by these particpants on trying to ‘cure’ themselves of PCa with MMj would have been donated to AnCan.
Elsewhere on our website, AnCan features three webinars on medical marijuana/cannabis; while found with our prostate cancer resources, they are pan-cancer in nature. You will find all 3 at https://ancan.org/prostate-cancer-resources/ under Complementary Medicine. (Editor’s choice is the Donald Abrams webinar – Dr. Abrams runs the UCSF Complementary Osher Center, is Chief Oncologist at Zuckerberg SF General, and is nationally recognized for his expertise on medical marijuana.)
by Rick Davis | Jul 17, 2019
“The Language of Cancer” – upcoming WEBINAR, Monday, July 29 @ 8 pm Eastern
For those dialing in, the presentation slides can be downloaded here: Language of Cancer 072919
by Rick Davis | Jun 26, 2019 | Men 'Speaking Freely', Cancer Resources, Recent News
Our friend, Dr. Jamie Aten, is quite a remarkable gent. A psychology professor in the field of disaster relief at Wheaton College, IL, he is also lives with Stage 4 colorectal cancer; we encourage you to read his article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Some of you may recall, Jamie joined us for a Speaking Freely virtual session earlier this year on the vocabulary we use around cancer; you can listen to it here. He’ll be back on July 29 to join a panel on ‘The Language of Cancer’ that is open to all.
Earlier today, Jamie published another piece in Cure Today that we want to bring to your attention. It relates an experience many of you are too familiar with …. how ‘friends’ disappear when you face cancer, and other crises, then you have to evaluate whether it is worth the effort to re-engage. Know the feeling …. read it here.
Our thanks to Jamie for giving AnCan a shout out on the national stage ….. join us on July 29 to hear more from Dr. Aten!
