Chemoprevention of Colon Cancer

  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

Colon cancer is one of the most common malignancies in humans, and the search for effective chemopreventive agents is an important and urgent task. Expression levels of inflammation-related enzymes, cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) are elevated in colon cancers, and their products, prostaglandins and nitric oxide, are suggested to be involved in colon carcinogenesis.(omitted)

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