Pharmacological values of medicinal mushrooms for prostate cancer therapy: the case of Ganoderma lucidum

Nutrition and Cancer
Jamal MahajnaSolomon P Wasser

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common male malignancy in many Western countries. Primary PCa is hormone dependent and is manageable by hormonal therapy. However, it rapidly develops to hormone-refractory tumors due to the accumulation of mutations in the androgen receptor and/or the acquisition of alternative cellular pathways that support proliferation and inhibit apoptosis of prostate cancer. To date, no effective therapy is available for clinically hormone-insensitive or hormone-refractory stages of prostate cancer.

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