Open AccessExpression of COX-2 and p53 in juvenile polyposis coli and its correlation with adenomatous changes
Author(s) -
Shatavisha Das Gupta,
Ram Das,
Ranajoy Ghosh,
Anway Sen,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Sushmita Kaushik,
Chhanda Datta,
Prafulla Kumar Mishra,
Ranjana Bandyopadhyay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.154088
Subject(s) - gastroenterology , medicine , familial adenomatous polyposis , juvenile , carcinogenesis , adenomatous polyps , intestinal polyp , cyclooxygenase , adenomatous polyposis coli , colorectal cancer , biology , pathology , genetics , cancer , enzyme , biochemistry , colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal polyps commonly affect the pediatric population. The commoner variety amongst these is the solitary rectal polyp. Juvenile polyposis coli (JPC) is rare, characterized by multiple polyps occurring throughout the gut.