The effect of sulindac on colon polyps: circumvention of a transformed phenotype--a hypothesis.

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Sulindac suppresses the growth of colon polyps in Gardner syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis. The mechanism of action is not known. The problems are to ascertain the significance of high prostaglandin concentrations in transformed cells, colon polyps and cancers and to explain how sulindac restores normal growth patterns. A few clinical observations and an abundance of experimental data can be integrated...

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