Beta Glucan for the Treatment of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer

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<div&gt;Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer. For the&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;treatment of this relentless disease, chemotherapy is the most widely applied cure now.</div&gt;<div&gt;However, this treatment carries some important side effects, such as neutropenia which&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;having an abnormally low concentration of neutrophils in the blood. Also,</div&gt;<div&gt;chemotherapeutic drugs cause harm to blood formation. Therefore, chemotherapy&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;affects the patients' immune system badly by making them open to infections. Another&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;treatment method is radiotherapy for the healing of cervical cancer. This technique also&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;carries some side effects being hematopoietic and harm to the immune system. Betaglucans&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;modulates the immune system by affecting a wide range of cells like antigenpresenting&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;cells (APCs), including macrophages, dendritic cells, T cells, monocytes. It&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;regulates both adaptive and innate immune systems. It has different kinds such as&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;sizofiran (SPG), zymosan, curdlan, and PBG to prevent and protect from cervical&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;cancer. Beta-glucan provides a novel therapeutic method for the healing of human&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.</div&gt;