Dig Liver Dis. 2003 May;35 Suppl 2:S27-34.
NO-NSAIDs and cancer: promising novel agents.
Rigas B, Kalofonos H, Lebovics E, Vagenakis AG. American Health Foundation, 1 Dana Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Three potential applications of NO-donating NSAIDs in human cancer include their use: as chemopreventive agents; against already developed cancers (chemotherapy); and for the control of cancer symptoms, notably cancer pain. The evidence to date of greater safety and enhanced efficacy of NO-donating NSAIDs underscores their potential to prevent colon cancer and overcome the limitations of traditional NSAIDs. NO-donating NSAIDs affect several pathways critical to colon carcinogenesis and this may explain in part their greater efficacy in colon cancer prevention as assessed in preclinical models.
