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Bamboo Mushroom Extract Makes Breast Cancer Cells More Sensitive to Chemo

Bamboo Mushroom Extract Makes Breast Cancer Cells More Sensitive to Chemo

Bamboo mushroom

What they found

Bamboo mushroom extracts boosted breast cancer cell death with lapatinib while protecting healthy cells in lab tests.

Bamboo mushroom extracts boosted breast cancer cell death with lapatinib while protecting healthy cells in lab tests.

How solid is it?

Lab dish

Lab dish

In vitro (lab dish)

In vitro (lab dish)

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Phallus indusiatus

Phallus indusiatus

Compound

lapatinib

lapatinib

Published in

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention : APJCP

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Section

HEALTH & WELLNESS

HEALTH & WELLNESS

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Breast Cancer Breakthrough

Breast Cancer Breakthrough

Bamboo mushrooms (Phallus indusiatus) extracts enhance chemotherapy by reducing inflammation, blocking tumor-promoting pathways (NF-kappaB, Akt), and increasing cancer cell sensitivity to lapatinib. In lab tests, both fresh and dried mycelium extracts boosted cancer cell death while protecting healthy cells and could make existing therapies more effective.

Bamboo mushrooms (Phallus indusiatus) extracts enhance chemotherapy by reducing inflammation, blocking tumor-promoting pathways (NF-kappaB, Akt), and increasing cancer cell sensitivity to lapatinib. In lab tests, both fresh and dried mycelium extracts boosted cancer cell death while protecting healthy cells and could make existing therapies more effective.

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