Can cannabinoids be used for lynch syndrome?

?: No good data exists to recommend or avoid cannabis.

Lynch Syndrome: Lynch syndrome or hnpcc is an inherited condition of colonic instability that carries a high (80%) lifetime risk of developing colon cancer - particularly of the right sided colon. Surgery is often recommended: http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/hereditary_nonpolyposis_colorectal_cancer. Use of cannabinoids in treating cancer and other pain is controversial, but is no substitute for primary treatments.

Higher cancer risk: Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer) = markedly increased risk of colorectal and uterine cancer, and several other cancers including ovarian, urologic, stomach, small bowel, pancreas, skin and brain. Cannabinoids in the smoked or oral form have no scientifically proven preventative or curative association with lynch syndrome.

Cannabinoids & Lynch: There is research going on about using cannabinoids in certain cancers. This is not smoked marijuana, but involves non-psychotropic ingredients in cannabis sativa, etc. Here's a representative piece concerning experimentally-induced colon cancer: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/22231745 again, this does not mean smoking marijuana is curative for cancer (as can be mis-interpreted by some).