Conjunctival melanoma: association of cyclooxygenase-2 tumor expression to prognosis.

Rita Pinto ProençaMariana SantosCristina FonsecaJúlia FernandesMaria Filomena GasparRui Proença

Published in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2018)

Results suggest that higher COX-2 expression may be a negative prognostic factor in conjunctival melanoma. Further studies can address the potential use of anti-COX-2 drugs as adjuvant therapy of this disease.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
poor prognosis
binding protein
long non coding rna