Written from the studies on PubMed, searched on 11 Nov 2026. Every number below comes from a study listed under Sources.
What people read
Posts online say that CBD (cannabidiol) helps with Prostate cancer.
What has been studied
- 0In people
- 5In animals
- 3Only in the lab
What the studies found
CBD (cannabidiol) has been studied for Prostate cancer in animals, not yet in people.
We found 9 published papers on CBD (cannabidiol) and Prostate cancer. They were published between 2023 and 2026.
0 of them are studies in people (0 randomised trials), 0 are reviews, 5 are studies in animals and 3 are studies only in the lab.
The most important ones are listed under Sources.
What this means for you: Results in animals or in cells often do not hold in people. Do not stop or change your medicines because of it. Ask your doctor before you start taking it.
Sources
- Cannabidiol Suppresses Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression and Recurrence through Modulating Tryptophan Catabolism.2024 · ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci · In animals
- In Vitro Antitumor Effect of Oils Rich in CBD and THC Cannabis Extract in Canine Prostate Carcinoma Cell Lines.2024 · Vet Sci · In animals
- A Phase I Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of Epidiolex (Cannabidiol) in Patients with Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer.2023 · Cancers (Basel) · In animals
- Cannabidiol and Cannabis Sativa as a potential treatment in vitro prostate cancer cells silenced with RBBp6 and PC3 xenograft.2023 · Mol Biol Rep · In animals
- Cannabidiol alters mitochondrial bioenergetics via VDAC1 and triggers cell death in hormone-refractory prostate cancer.2023 · Pharmacol Res · In animals
- Cannabidiol alters the epigenome of hormone-dependent prostate cancer cells.2026 · Biomed Pharmacother · In the lab
- Cannabidiol Enhances the Anticancer Activity of Etoposide on Prostate Cancer Cells.2025 · Cannabis Cannabinoid Res · In the lab
- Cannabidiol Inhibits the Proliferation and Invasiveness of Prostate Cancer Cells.2023 · J Nat Prod · In the lab
- Anti-proliferative effect of Cannabidiol in Prostate cancer cell PC3 is mediated by apoptotic cell death, NFκB activation, increased oxidative stress, and lower reduced glutathione status.2023 · PLoS One · Other paper