Objective To study the relationship between the expression of nm23- H1 gene product and early distant metastases in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods The S- P immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of nm23- H1 in 95 cases of NPC. Results The positive rate of nm23- H1 was 47.4 % (45/95). The positive rate of nm23- H1 in early distant metastases group (26.7 %) was much lower than those without distant metastases group (60.0 %) (P

Objective:The present study aims to evaluate the chemopreventive effect of celecoxib combined with tamoxifen on breast tumor induced by methylnitrosourea (MNU) in rats. Methods:A total of 140 SD female rats were injected with MNU to estab-lish breast tumor models. The rats were divided subsequently into control, celecoxib, tamoxifen, and combination groups. The occur-rence rates, volumes of breast tumor, and expression levels of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and c-erbB-2 were observed. Results:The tu-mor occurrence rates were lower in the celecoxib and tamoxifen groups than in the control group. The combination group exhibited the lowest tumor-occurrence rate. The tumor volumes of the celecoxib and tamoxifen groups were lower than that of the control group. The combination group had the least tumor volume. The positive rates of COX-2 and c-erbB-2 in the celecoxib and combination groups were lower than those in the control and tamoxifen groups (P<0.05). Conclusion:The combination of celecoxib and tamoxifen can sig-nificantly suppress MNU-induced breast tumor in female rats.