Aspirin has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, and possibly of a few other digestive tract cancers. The quantification of risk reduction and the optimal dose and duration of aspirin use for the prevention of colorectal and other digestive tract cancers remains unclear.

Aspirin and the risk of colorectal and other digestive tract cancers: an updated meta-analysis through 2019 / C. Bosetti, C. Santucci, S. Gallus, M. Martinetti, C. La Vecchia. - In: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0923-7534. - 31:5(2020 May), pp. 558-568. [10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.012]

Aspirin and the risk of colorectal and other digestive tract cancers: an updated meta-analysis through 2019

C. Santucci;C. La Vecchia
2020

Abstract

Aspirin has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, and possibly of a few other digestive tract cancers. The quantification of risk reduction and the optimal dose and duration of aspirin use for the prevention of colorectal and other digestive tract cancers remains unclear.
aspirin; colorectal neoplasm; digestive tract neoplasm; dose; duration; meta-analysis; risk factor
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