Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in bladder cancer and patient prognosis: results from a large clinical cohort and meta-analysis.

Aberrant overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) is observed in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB). Studies evaluating COX2 as a prognostic marker in UCB report contradictory results. We determined the prognostic potential of COX2 expression in UCB and quantitatively summarize the results w...

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Main Authors: Maciej J Czachorowski, André F S Amaral, Santiago Montes-Moreno, Josep Lloreta, Alfredo Carrato, Adonina Tardón, Manuel M Morente, Manolis Kogevinas, Francisco X Real, Núria Malats, SBC/EPICURO investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23028744/?tool=EBI