[Cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors and urologic and gynaecologic cancers].

PGE2 is one of the most important prostaglandin involved in the oncogenesis. PGE2 is found at high concentration level in the most of epithelial cancer. Urologic and gynaecologic cancer express the enzyme which are at the origin of PGE2: cyclooxygenase 2. Cox2 inhibitors present anticancer properties demonstrated in wide varieties of cellular and animal models. Human applications are currently tested in many clinical trials for bladder, prostate and uterine carcinomas.