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Beta-glucans in cancer therapy

Beta-glucans in cancer therapy

Posted by Michael Driscoll, Richard Hansen, Chuanlin Ding, Daniel E. Cramer and Jun Yan on Feb 2nd 2009

Combined β-glucan with anti-tumor mAb therapy has demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in murine tumor models. The current study was designed to compare the therapeutic efficacy of various sources of β-glucans. Our studies demonstrated that yeast β-glucan, in combination with anti-tumor mAb, resulted in significantly smaller tumor burdens and achieved enhanced long-term survival compared to mAb alone …
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