Improves Quality of Life For Cancer Patients
Patients at Kansai Medical University in Osaka, Japan, who were treated for pancreatic or biliary tract cancer with gemcitabine were given AHCC and compared to a control group. The AHCC group showed no differences in leukocyte counts, platelet counts or liver function, but there was a significant difference in hemoglobin levels, thus preventing anemia, and c-reactive protein levels indicating an anti-inflammatory response.
Another study that showed improvement of quality of life with cancer patients was carried out in China. There was an 84% improvement in the quality of life in 100 patients undergoing treatment for a variety of types of cancer with chemotherapy and radiation measured according to indices such as side effects, and mood. There was no obvious improvement in 16%.
Numerous doctors in Japan have reported no loss of hair (alopecia) during radiation and chemotherapy in cancer patients taking AHCC. In a study with mice published in the Japanese Journal of Cancer Research, a chemotherapy drug (cytosine arabinoside) was used to induce hair loss in rats. The rats who also received AHCC had a significantly lower rate and less severity of hair loss.
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