Table 1

Inhibition of soft agar colony formation by lung cancer cells

IC50
Cell LineSulindac SulfideIndomethacin
μM
NSCLC
 H21222027
 A54980>100
 H4602940
SCLC
 SHP-7785
 H3452018

Replicate plates of the respective NSCLC or SCLC cell lines were plated in soft agar at 10,000 cells per well in the presence of various concentrations of sulindac sulfide or indomethacin. Colonies were counted after 3 weeks and the IC50 values were calculated.