COX-2 inhibitors in cancer treatment and prevention, a recent development

XC Xu - Anti-cancer drugs, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated the effect of non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the prevention of human cancers. NSAIDs block …

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)–independent anticarcinogenic effects of selective COX-2 inhibitors

S Grösch, TJ Maier, S Schiffmann… - Journal of the National …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) appear to reduce the risk of developing
cancer. One mechanism through which NSAIDs act to reduce carcinogenesis is to inhibit the …

Cancer prevention: a new era beyond cyclooxygenase-2

B Rigas, K Kashfi - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 2005 - ASPET
The seminal epidemiological observation that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) prevent colon and possibly other cancers has spurred novel approaches to cancer …

COX-2 inhibition, apoptosis, and chemoprevention by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

BC Moore, DL Simmons - Current medicinal chemistry, 2000 - ingentaconnect.com
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have as their common mechanism the
inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, of which two isoforms (COX-1 and COX-2) …

Potential utility of COX-2 inhibitors in chemoprevention and chemotherapy

AT Koki, KM Leahy, JL Masferrer - Expert opinion on …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Increased prostaglandin (PG) production is associated with many inflammatory
pathophysiological conditions; it is derived from arachidonic acid by either of two enzymes …

[HTML][HTML] COX-independent mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention by anti-inflammatory drugs

E Gurpinar, WE Grizzle, GA Piazza - Frontiers in oncology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Epidemiological and clinical studies suggest that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), including cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 selective inhibitors, reduce the risk of …

Is COX‐2 inhibition a panacea for cancer prevention?

H Vainio - International Journal of cancer, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The epidemiologic evidence and rodent studies suggest strongly that nonselective inhibitors
of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes such as aspirin, inhibiting both COX‐1 and COX‐2 …

Aspirin, ibuprofen, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cancer prevention: a critical review of non-selective COX-2 blockade

RE Harris, J Beebe-Donk, H Doss… - Oncology …, 2005 - spandidos-publications.com
We comprehensively reviewed the published scientific literature on non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and cancer and evaluated results based upon epidemiologic …

Role of COX-2 selective inhibitors for prevention and treatment of cancer

M Amir, HK Agarwal - Die Pharmazie-An International Journal …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an enzyme induced by inflammatory and mitogenic stimuli
and results in enhanced synthesis of PGs in inflamed and neoplastic tissues. It is associated …

Cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) blockade in the chemoprevention of cancers of the colon, breast, prostate, and lung

RE Harris - Inflammopharmacology, 2009 - Springer
The existing epidemiologic literature was comprehensively reviewed to retrieve all
epidemiologic studies (case control and cohort studies) that examined exposure to …