Evidences on usefulness of beta-glucan in cancer
treatment
Although there is no definitive evidence that betaglucan
can be successfully used as anti-cancer agents
in human beings, there are many interesting reports
confirming its usefulness as a cancer killer in animal
models. Few reports are available in human beings
[21, 25]. Some interesting reports are hereby listed
in Table 1. At this stage, it can be said that there is
some "on trial" evidence that beta-glucan is useful in
cancer treatment in terms of adjuvant or
supplementation therapy but not as a standard
replacement therapy. Administration of the standard
cancer treatment protocol is still recommended.