Aspirin Chemoprevention
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Aspirin for cancer chemoprevention: still a headache?
Almost 7 million Americans, with the full blessing of their cardiologists, now take daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks, according to the Aspirin Foundation of America. But should we take aspirin to prevent cancer? Answers remain elusive, but the current consensus is: not yet, not even for colorectal cancer, where the strongest evidence exists. " We still have a long way to go to be certain ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.778407