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The genetic and pharmacological data strongly indicate that COX-2 should be investigated as a potential target for the prevention and treatment of OSF.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n \n The study group comprised histologically confirmed specimens (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 10 each) of early OSF, moderate OSF, advanced OSF and normal oral mucosa for comparison. Immunohistochemistry was performed with avidin\u2013biotin technique and evaluated with scoring methods.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The difference in percentage of expression in normal tissue and OSF was statistically highly significant (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). Positive COX-2 exhibited cytoplasmic staining. One-way analysis of variances test was performed to evaluate COX-2 expression in different grades of OSF. 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