Beta Glucan in Cancer Treatments

- By Betül Gürünlü1
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View Affiliations Hide Affiliations1 "Üsküdar Üniversitesi,Biyomühendislik Bölümü,Merkez Yerleşke A Blok 325/AAltunizade, Üsküdar, İstanbul, Turkey"
- Source: Medical Applications of Beta-Glucan , pp 19-25
- Publication Date: January 2022
- Language: English
Cancer disease is undoubtedly the plague of today due to the increase in its incidence. The main reasons that make this disease so common are stress, malnutrition, having habits such as alcohol and smoking, and working under unfavorable conditions. Cancer is a disease that destroys blood cells in the body by weakening the immune system. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the immune system strong to cope with this disease. For this purpose, it is very important to take beta glucan support, which is one of the biological response modifiers, into the body. In the treatment of many types of cancer, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer, the immunotherapy method is used in addition to traditional chemotherapy treatment. Many previous studies showed that beta glucan slows down cancer growth and prevents cancer from spreading to other parts of the body
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