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Letters |1 September 1995

Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer

Greg A. Burkhart, MD, MS

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  • Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; Food and Drug Administration; Rockville, MD 20857
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TO THE EDITOR:
The analysis of the ongoing Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS), focusing on the risks for colorectal cancer and adenoma during aspirin exposure, was timely and well conceived [1]. The findings provide compelling evidence that colorectal cancer developing during aspirin use may be diagnosed at a less advanced stage. Although this effect was probably due to earlier diagnosis, a direct effect on cancer cell growth has not been excluded. Further confirmation and clarification of this effect could result in a substantial public health benefit.
Because aspirin users in the HPFS may have had a lower risk for...
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Burkhart GA. Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer. Ann Intern Med. 1995;123:390–391. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-123-5-199509010-00015

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1995;123(5):390-391.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-5-199509010-00015

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