Grandfather, 63, claims he cured his cancer with 'Breaking Bad' style homemade CANNABIS OIL
- Tests late last year revealed Mike Cutler had cancerous cells in his liver
- Worried he might die, he took to the internet to search for a cure
- Discovered cannabis oil - and bought some of the drug to make his own
- Claims his excruciating pain disappeared three days after taking the potion
- And that tests a few months later showed the cancer cells had gone
- Research currently underway into whether cannabis can help treat cancer
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A grandfather battling cancer claims he managed to cure himself of the disease using cannabis oil.
Mike Cutler, 63, was diagnosed in 2009 after blacking out at work - and was given a transplant in November that year.
He was given the all-clear but says the disease came back in late 2012 - attacking the new organ he had been given.
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Mike Cutler claims the cancerous cells in his liver disappeared after he began taking home-made cannabis oil
Desperate to survive, he began to look online - and found a YouTube video which described the use of cannabis oil as a cure.
He claims that just three days after taking the class B drug, his excruciating pain disappeared.
In May this year, the grandfather-of-nine went for a biopsy at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
CANNABIS OIL: AN EXPERT'S VIEW
Dr Kat Arney, Cancer Research UK’s science communications manager, told MailOnline: 'We know that cannabinoids – the active chemicals found in cannabis – can have a range of different effects on cancer cells grown in the lab and animal tumours.
'But at the moment there isn’t good evidence from clinical trials to prove that they can safely and effectively treat cancer in patients.
'Despite this, we are aware that some cancer patients do choose to treat themselves with cannabis extracts.
'These stories can help researchers build a picture of whether these treatments are helping or not, although this is weak evidence compared to properly-run clinical trials.
'Cancer Research UK is supporting clinical trials for treating cancer with cannabis extract and a synthetic cannabinoid In order to gather solid data on how best these drugs can be used to benefit people with cancer.'
To his relief, doctors told him the new cancerous cells had vanished.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Free Hospital confirmed Mr Cutler had not received any cancer treatment since his transplant in November 2009.
Mr Cutler, a retired builder from Hastings, East Sussex, said: 'Finding out I could die was terrible.
'All I had in those dark days was my laptop, and that's when I began searching for something else that could help me - I couldn't accept I was going to die.
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