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PSK as a prescription drug!

PSK as a prescription drug!

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Polysaccharide Krestin (PSK) is one of the most commonly used mushroom extracts. 

It was approved as a prescription drug for the treatment of cancer in Japan in 1977. By 1987, PSK accounted for more than 25% of total national expenditure for anticancer agents in Japan.

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