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ABSTRACT: Prevention relevance
This study evaluated potential predictive biomarkers for celecoxib chemopreventive activity in patients with FAP. Our findings demonstrated the differential bioavailability of celecoxib between normal and polyp tissues and its potential effects on clinical chemopreventive response in patients with FAP. See related Spotlight, p. 205.
SUBMITTER: Yang P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980107 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20220401 4
Why celecoxib exerts chemopreventive activity in only some familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients remains poorly understood. We conducted a phase II clinical study to identify potential predictive biomarkers for celecoxib chemopreventive activity in FAP. Twenty-seven patients with FAP completed a 6-month oral course of 400 mg of celecoxib twice a day; they underwent colonoscopies before and after celecoxib treatment to assess colorectal polyp tumor burden and to obtain normal and polyp co ...[more]