N-Acetylcysteine suppression of the proliferative index in the colon of patients with previous adenomatous colonic polyps

Cancer Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Estensen, Richard D ^a   Levy, Michael ^b   Klopp, Steven J ^a   Galbraith, Arthur R ^a   Mandel, Jack S ^c   Blomquist, Joyce A ^c   Wattenberg, Lee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Large bowel; N Acetylcysteine; Proliferative index

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLINE; PLACEBO;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CRYPT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM BIOPSY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CHEMOPREVENTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MITOTIC INDEX; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032709575     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00281-5     Document Type: Article

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