Beta Glucan in Cancer Treatments

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<div&gt;Cancer disease is undoubtedly the plague of today due to the increase in its&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;incidence. The main reasons that make this disease so common are stress, malnutrition,</div&gt;<div&gt;having habits such as alcohol and smoking, and working under unfavorable conditions.</div&gt;<div&gt;Cancer is a disease that destroys blood cells in the body by weakening the immune&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;system. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the immune system strong to cope with this&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;disease. For this purpose, it is very important to take beta glucan support, which is one&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;of the biological response modifiers, into the body. In the treatment of many types of&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;cancer, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer, the&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;immunotherapy method is used in addition to traditional chemotherapy treatment.</div&gt;<div&gt;Many previous studies showed that beta glucan slows down cancer growth and&lt;/div&gt;<div&gt;prevents cancer from spreading to other parts of the body </div&gt;