title: Rationale for use of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in prevention and treatment of bladder cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Raj S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pruthi
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Derksen
authors.forename: Kris
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gaston
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Wallen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000201:enzymology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000502:physiology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D016207:Cytokines; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011453:Prostaglandins; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases