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Possible Interaction: Tegafur and Lentinan

drug:

Tegafur

supplement:

Lentinan

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

These results suggest that the combined tegafur plus lentinan treatment would be better administered at a dose higher than the conventional one for the treatment for advanced cancers.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy  •  1987  |  View Paper
2) Using … in the lentinan … tegafur for gastric cancer, clearly showing such high survival rates as 12.97% (P less than 0.05) at two years after, and … four years after respectively, and for colorectal cancer, 9.10% and 4.55% at two years and three years after, respectively.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy  •  1985  |  View Paper
Lentinan is reported to extend the survival period in advanced cancer, and in combination with Tegafur.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy  •  2004  |  View Paper
We recommend the combination therapy of Lentinan and Tegafur for patients with a high risk for usual therapies like this case for their quality of life.
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy  •  1990  |  View Paper