ฉันรักแปลThe attractive association between chronic inflammation and cancer has been a fertile field for the growth of biomedical research. In particular, the development of colon cancer is a distinctive situation in which inflammatory conditions such as ulcerative colitis increase the risk of cancer by 20-fold [1, 2]. The presence of certain inflammation markers, such as the C-reactive protein circulating in the blood, is correlated with an increased risk of colon cancer [3]. In addition, overexpression of proinflammatory enzymes, such as inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2, has been reported in human colon cancer and in an azoxymethane-induced colon cancer model in rats [4, 5]. More importantly, selective inhibitors of these inflammatory genes are effective in inhibiting experimental colon cancer of rodents [6, 7].