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Polysaccharide-K (PSK) in Cancer – Old Story, New Possibilities?

Cheng‐Cao Sun, Ann H. Rosendahl, X.D. Wang, Dan‐Hong Wu, R Andersson
Current Medicinal Chemistry Summary & key facts 2012 30 citations

Polysaccharide-K (PSK, also called Krestin) is a mushroom extract widely used as an additive in cancer treatment in Asia, especially Japan. Studies over about 40 years report anti-tumor effects in laboratory experiments and in living organisms for several cancer types, but researchers say the exact ways PSK works are not…

Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Fungal Biology and Applications
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