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Cyclo-oxygenase-2 Plays a Critical Role in UV-induced Skin Carcinogenesis†

  1. Joyce E. Rundhaug,
  2. Susan M. Fischer*

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00261.x

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Photochemistry and Photobiology

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volume 84, Issue 2, pages 322–329, March/April 2008

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Rundhaug, J. E. and Fischer, S. M. (2008), Cyclo-oxygenase-2 Plays a Critical Role in UV-induced Skin Carcinogenesis. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 84: 322–329. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00261.x

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  1. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park—Research Division, Smithville, TX

* *Corresponding author email: smfischer@mdanderson.org (Susan M. Fischer)

  • †

    This paper is part of a special issue dedicated to Professor Hasan Mukhtar on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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  1. Issue published online: 11 JAN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2008
  3. Received 28 September 2007, accepted 5 November 2007

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