Prognostic significance of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in patients with surgically resectable adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>COX-2 expression in tumour cells has been associated with poor prognosis in gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal cancers. The aim of our study was to test the hypothesis that higher levels of COX-2 expression are prognostically...

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Main Authors: Cree Ian A, Johnson Penny, Stacey Bernard SF, Mehta Raj L, Bateman Adrian C, Bhandari Pradeep, Di Nicolantonio Federica, Patel Praful
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/134