Prevention of urinary bladder cancer in the FHIT knock-out mouse with Rofecoxib, a Cox-2 inhibitor

D'Arca, Domenico; LeNoir, James; Wildemore, Bernadette; Gottardo, Fedra; Bragantini, Emma; Shupp-Byrne, Dolores; Zanesi, Nicola; Fassan, Matteo; Croce, Carlo M.; Gomella, Leonard G.; Baffa, Raffaele

doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.01.016

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Prevention of urinary bladder cancer in the FHIT knock-out mouse with Rofecoxib, a Cox-2 inhibitor☆

Domenico D'Arca, Ph.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Chimica Biologica, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
James LeNoir, Ph.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
Bernadette Wildemore, M.D.
- Department of Pathology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
Fedra Gottardo, M.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
Emma Bragantini, M.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- Current address: Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Unit, University of Verona, Verona.
Dolores Shupp-Byrne, Ph.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Nicola Zanesi, M.D.
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- NZ is a Kimmel Scholar.
Matteo Fassan, M.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- Current address: Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, Pathology Unit, University of Padova, Padova.
Carlo M. Croce, M.D.
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Leonard G. Gomella, M.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Raffaele Baffa, M.D.
- Department of Urology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
- Current address: Department of Translational Sciences, Research, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD.
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-215-955-9072; fax: +1-215-503-2627