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Petr Sima1, Luca Vannucci1, Vaclav Vetvicka1
11 Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic ; 2 University of Louisville, Department of Pathology, Louisville, KY, USA.
Abstract:
Bone marrow damage represents a significant problem in cancer treatment. Therefore, it is clear that the pharmacologic protection against bone marrow damage is of considerable interest, since the development of novel and effective medical approaches to combat radiation or cytotoxic damage are of major importance not only to the medical field but also to several industries and the military. This review represents a summary of our knowledge of the effects of various glucans on bone marrow protection.
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