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The Effect of Celecoxib, a Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor, in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

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2000

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Gideon Steinbach, Patrick M. Lynch, Robin Phillips, Marina Wallace, Ernest T. Hawk, Gary Gordon, Naoki Wakabayashi, Brian P. Saunders, Yu Shen, Takashi Fujimura,
New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, six months of twice-daily treatment with 400 mg of celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, leads to a significant reduction in the number of colorectal polyps.

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