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Clinical Studies on PSK: Combination Therapy of PSK With Surgery and Chemotherapy

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Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 68))

Abstract

PSK is a polysaccharide preparation obtained from the mycelia of the CM-101 strain of Coriolus versicolor (Fr.) Quél in Basidiomycetes by hot-water extraction followed by sedimentation with ammonium sulfate saturation, dialysis, and drying. This preparation is a protein-bound polysaccharide containing about 38% protein, which consists of 18 kinds of amino acids such as aspartic acid, glutamic acid, etc.

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  1. T. Taguchi
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  1. Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Gianni Bonadonna

  2. Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, 14-16, Avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, F-94800, Villejuif, France

    Georges Mathé

  3. University of Arizona Cancer Center, 1501 North Campbell Ave., Tucson, Arizona, 85724, USA

    Sydney E. Salmon

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Taguchi, T. (1979). Clinical Studies on PSK: Combination Therapy of PSK With Surgery and Chemotherapy. In: Bonadonna, G., Mathé, G., Salmon, S.E. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies and Markers of Post-Surgical Minimal Residual Disease II. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81332-0_36

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