Increased cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression occurs frequently in precursor lesions of human adenocarcinoma of the lung.
A low incidence of lung carcinoma has been reported in cases of prolonged use of aspirin. Cyclooxygenase (COX) 2 expression is frequently seen in adenocarcinoma of the lung, but COX-2 expression in atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH), a possible precursor lesion of adenocarcinoma of the lung, is not known. COX-2 expression was immunohistochemically evaluated in a cohort of 20 cuboidal cell hyperplasias (CCH), 81 atypical adenomatous hyperplasias (AAH), 18 bronchioloalveolar carcinomas (BAC), and 88 invasive adenocarcinomas (I-Ad). The relationship between COX-2 expression and clinicopathologic factors and survival was examined. COX-2 overexpression was detected in over 80% of CCH, AAH, BAC, and I-Ad. However, overexpression was diffuse in AAH (71.6%) and BAC (66.7%). No relationship was found between COX-2 expression and clinicopathological factors or survival. COX-2 expression was most frequently detected in AAH. These findings, taken with previous reports that treatment with COX-2 inhibitor suppresses human colon carcinogenesis, suggest that inhibition of COX-2 may reduce the incidence of human adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Hosomi
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Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8577, Japan.
Yokose
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T
Hirose
Y
Y
Nakajima
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R
Nagai
K
K
Nishiwaki
Y
Y
Ochiai
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000201:enzymology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000201:enzymology; D011379:Prognosis; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases