Do elevated levels of eicosanoids play a role in head and neck cancer recurrence and metastasis? Implications for prevention and treatment

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 853-854

  Cherukuri, Durga P ^a   Nelson, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celecoxib; COX 2; HNSCC; Lox enzymes; PGE2

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ICOSANOID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL LINE; ELECTROSPRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UPREGULATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; EICOSANOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 18744408165     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.3.9.1124     Document Type: Note

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