Integrative Medicine > PSK and other Polysaccharides


Cancer Research

Chihara G
Recent progress in immunopharmacology and therapeutic effects of polysaccharides
Dev Biol Stand 1992;77:191-7 (Review Article, Abstract)

Fisher M, Yang LX
Anticancer effects and mechanisms of polysaccharide-K (PSK): implications of cancer immunotherapy

Anticancer Res 2002 May-Jun;22(3):1737-54 (Review Article, Abstract)

Kanoh T, Matsunaga K, Saito K, Fujii T
Suppression of in vivo tumor-induced angiogenesis by the protein-bound polysaccharide PSK
In Vivo 1994 Mar-Apr;8(2):247-50 (Animal Study, Abstract)

Kidd PM
The use of mushroom glucans and proteoglycans in cancer treatment
Altern Med Rev 2000 Feb;5(1):4-27 (Review Article, Abstract
)

Kobayashi H, Matsunaga K, Oguchi Y
Antimetastatic effects of PSK (Krestin), a protein-bound polysaccharide obtained from basidiomycetes: an overview
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1995 Apr-May;4(3):275-81 (Review Article, Abstract)

Nanba H, Kubo K
Effect of Maitake D-fraction on cancer prevention
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1997 Dec 29;833:204-7 (
Animal Study, Reference)

Tokuda K, Abe H, Aida T, Kaneko S, Tsuru M
Effect of PS-K on experimental neurogenic tumors in rats induced by ethylnitrosourea
Hokkaido Igaku Zasshi 1984 Sep;59(5):639-42 (Animal Study, Abstract)

Tsukagoshi S, Hashimoto Y, Fujii G, Kobayashi H, Nomoto K, Orita K
Krestin (PSK)
Cancer Treat Rev 1984 Jun;11(2):131-55 (Review Article, Abstract)

Zhang H, Morisaki T, Matsunaga H, Sato N, Uchiyama A, Hashizume K, Nagumo F, Tadano J, Katano M.
Protein-bound polysaccharide PSK inhibits tumor invasiveness by down-regulation of TGF-beta1 and MMPs
Clin Exp Metastasis 2000;18(4):343-52
(Cell Culture Study, Abstract)


Gliomas

Kaneko S, Abe H, Aida T, Tokuda K, Tsuru M, Kitaoka K, Sato M, Iwakuma T, Ueno K, Kashiwaba T
Evaluation of radiation immunochemotherapy in the treatment of malignant glioma. Combined use of ACNU, VCR and PS-K
Hokkaido Igaku Zasshi 1983 Nov;58(6):622-30 (Clinical Study, Abstract)

Saito Y
Long-term survival of patients with brain tumors treated with ACNU and PSK after surgery--with special reference to there immunological follow-up
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1984 Oct;11(10):2185-92 (Clinical Study, Abstract)


Monograph

Barrie Cassileth and K. Simon Yeung
Coriolus Versicolor (Coriolus versicolor, Trametes versicolor, Polyporus versicolor)
11/25/2002 Memorial Sloar-Kettering Cancer Center (Monograph, HTML Full Text)


Non-Nervous System Tumors

Hayakawa K, Mitsuhashi N, Saito Y, Nakayama Y, Furuta M, Nakamoto S, Kawashima M, Niibe H
Effect of Krestin as adjuvant treatment following radical radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients
Cancer Detect Prev 1997;21(1):71-7 (Clinical Study, Abstract)

Hayakawa K, Mitsuhashi N, Saito Y, Takahashi M, Katano S, Shiojima K, Furuta M, Niibe H
Effect of krestin (PSK) as adjuvant treatment on the prognosis after radical radiotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Anticancer Res 1993 Sep-Oct;13(5C):1815-20 (Clinical Study, Abstract)

Kudo S, Tanaka J, Kashida H, Tamegai Y, Endo S, Yamano HO
Effectiveness of immunochemotherapy with PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide, in colorectal cancer and changes of tumor marker

Oncol Rep 2002 May-Jun;9(3):635-8 (Clinical Study, Abstract)

Iino Y, Takai Y, Sugamata N, Morishita Y
PSK (krestin) potentiates chemotherapeutic effects of tamoxifen on rat mammary carcinomas
Anticancer Res 1992 Nov-Dec;12(6B):2101-3
(Animal Study, Abstract)

 

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