[Prophylaxis of colorectal cancer with non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs- a new reality?].

The use COX-2 inhibitors induces regression of adenoma polyps and disrupts the sequence adenoma colorectal carcinoma. So that, this can be used in chemoprevention of colorectal cancer and also in cancer localised in other segments of the digestive tract. So far there is no agreement regarding the beginning of the treatment, the minimal efficient dose, the span of time required for chemoprevention. As the current studies in this field are quite encouraging we believe that in the next future COX-2 inhibitors could be used not only in chemoprevention but also in tumoral regression, and as a codrug in chemiotherapy of colorectal cancer.