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Oncol Lett. 2012 Dec;4(6):1269-1273. doi: 10.3892/ol.2012.929. Epub 2012 Sep 20.

Effects of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on survival time in ovarian cancer xenograft-bearing mice.

Oncology letters

Wei Li, Xiao-Li Xu, Jun Zhang, Jia-Hui Cai, Yun-Xian Tang

Affiliations

  1. Department of Gynecology, Nanjing Medical University of Hangzhou Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310006, P.R. China.

PMID: 23205124 PMCID: PMC3506753 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.929

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate whether cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors (coxibs) could prolong survival time by attenuating the tumor growth of ovarian cancer xenograft-bearing mice. Tumor growth and survival time were observed and compared in mice which were treated with a COX-1 inhibitor (SC-560) and a COX-2 inhibitor (celecoxib) every other day for a 21 day period from the day of tumor formation. The trial lasted a total of 121 days. The combination therapy resulted in statistically significant inhibition of tumor size compared with the control group (P<0.05). Additionally, single treatment of SC-560 or celecoxib significantly prolonged the mean survival time of mice compared with the control group (P<0.05). We suggest that COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors may improve survival and inhibit tumor growth, and that the tumor growth inhibition by coxibs may be the contributing factor for the prolonged survival time in mouse xenograft models.

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