Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Is It for Everyone?

Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep · 2016 · PMC4786609 · PMID 27069437

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A study of 13,994 CRC patients from the UK General Practice Research Database found a strong trend towards a reduction in overall mortality; however, this failed to reach significance (HR 0.91, CI 0.82–1.00) [ 29 ].

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They found a trend towards reduced polyp load in aspirin users; however, this did not reach statistical significance (relative risk 0.77, CI 0.54–1.10) [ 17 ].

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