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celecoxib A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with a diaryl-substituted pyrazole structure. Celecoxib selectively inhibits cyclo-oxygenase-2 activity (COX-2); COX-2 inhibition may result in apoptosis and a reduction in tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Synonym: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | YM 177 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | US brand name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Celebrex | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Code name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | SC-58635 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Chemical structure name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | 4-(5-(4-methylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)benzenesulfonamide | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081025020623im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
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