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Genetic polymorphisms of human flavin monooxygenase 3 in sulindac-mediated primary chemoprevention of familial adenomatous polyposis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Dec 2004
Hisamuddin Irfan M, Wehbi Mohammad A, Chao Ann, Wyre Hadley W, Hylind Linda M, Giardiello Francis M, Yang Vincent W
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PURPOSE: Sulindac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) effective in regressing adenomas in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). However, a recent randomized trial showed that sulindac, when compared with placebo, failed to prevent the development of adenomatous polyps in genotypically positive but phenotypically negative FAP patients. The present study determined whether polymorphisms...
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