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 …

Cancer chemoprevention by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) blockade

RE Harris, JG Beebe - Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Chronic …, 2007 - Springer
Significant use of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) blocking agents prescribed for the
treatment of arthritis during 1999 to 2005 facilitates epidemiologic investigations to …

Cyclooxygenase-2: how good is it as a target for cancer chemoprevention?

MA Hull - European Journal of Cancer, 2005 - Elsevier
There is now substantial evidence for a role for cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-mediated
prostaglandin (PG) signalling during carcinogenesis in a number of tissues and selective …

A role for cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in the prevention and treatment of cancer

LR Howe, AJ Dannenberg - Seminars in oncology, 2002 - Elsevier
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is being intensively evaluated as a pharmacologic target for
both the prevention and treatment of cancer. Aberrant COX-2 expression was initially …

[HTML][HTML] Similar reductions in the risk of human colon cancer by selective and nonselective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors

RE Harris, J Beebe-Donk, GA Alshafie - BMC cancer, 2008 - Springer
Background Epidemiologic and laboratory investigations suggest that aspirin and other
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have chemopreventive effects against colon …

Colorectal cancer prevention and treatment by inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2

RA Gupta, RN DuBois - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2001 - nature.com
Population-based studies have established that long-term intake of non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity of …

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: a molecular target for cancer prevention and treatment

K Subbaramaiah, AJ Dannenberg - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2003 - cell.com
Abstract Cyclooxygenase2 (COX-2), an inducible prostaglandin G/H synthase, is
overexpressed in several human cancers. Here, the potential utility of selective COX-2 …

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 …

Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: two steps forward, one step back

MM Bertagnolli - The lancet oncology, 2007 - thelancet.com
Chronic inflammation is a tissue-specific process implicated in several diseases of an aging
population, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX …