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Data from Ajinomoto Co., Inc. provide new insights into pancreatic cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 19th, 2009

"Recently, complementary alternative medicine is actively performed for cancer therapy. Superfine dispersed lentinan (beta-1,3-glucan) - an oral effective form - was recently developed and available," investigators in Tokyo, Japan report.

"We investigated the effectiveness of superfine dispersed lentinan in advanced pancreatic cancer patients in a multi-center study. Twenty-nine patients with unresectable and recurrent pancreatic cancer were enrolled, and adverse events and quality of life scores were assessed. Survival times were evaluated according to results of a 3-year follow-up survey. Although a diarrhea of grade-1 adverse event dependent on the test article...

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