Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the white blood cells and is typically well
treated with combination chemotherapy, with a remission state after 5 years of 94% in
children and 30–40% in adults. To establish how aggressive the disease is, further chromosome
testing is required to determine whether the cancer is myeloblastic and involves
neutrophils, eosinophils or basophils, or lymphoblastic involving B or T lymphocytes. This
case study is on a 14-year-old patient diagnosed with a very aggressive form of ALL (positive
for the Philadelphia chromosome mutation). A standard bone marrow transplant, aggressive
chemotherapy and radiation therapy were revoked, with treatment being deemed a failure
after 34 months. Without any other solutions provided by conventional approaches aside
from palliation, the family administered cannabinoid extracts orally to the patient. Cannabinoid
resin extract is used as an effective treatment for ALL with a positive Philadelphia
chromosome mutation and indications of dose-dependent disease control. The clinical
observation in this study revealed a rapid dose-dependent correlation.