Fumiko Ladd Chino: We found that most patients don’t get instructions from their treatment team on how to use medical cannabis for their cancer-related symptoms.

Quoting Fumiko Ladd Chino on X/Twitter:

In our Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center study of cannabis use in patients with cancer, we found that most patients don’t get instructions from their treatment team on how to use medical cannabis for their cancer-related symptoms. This is a great disserve to patients.

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Fumiko Ladd Chino is a cancer researcher and Assistant Attending in Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA), who specializes in gynecological and breast cancers. She was also a caregiver for her husband Andrew Mark Ladd, PhD who died from cancer in 2007. She is a recipient of numerous awards, including ASCO Excellence in Equity Award (2022), Duke Radiation Oncology Award for Outstanding Clinical Research (2019), Duke University Hospital “Good Catch” Award (2018), Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award (2018), Duke University School of Medicine Dean’s Recognition Award (2014) and Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center Volunteer of the Year Award (2009).