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STUDY: CELECOXIB MAY INCREASE BENEFIT OF ERLOTINIB IN LUNG CANCER
The addition of celecoxib (Celebrex) to treatment with erlotinib (Tarceva) for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) appears to be safe and to increase the proportion of patients who respond to erlotinib, suggest the results of a Phase I trial.
Previous research has demonstrated that the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) are overexpressed in some cancers, including NSCLC. Erlotinib is a highly specific EGFR-TK inhibitor, and celecoxib is a COX-2 inhibitor.
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