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Acetylsalicylic acid; Acuprin; Alka-Seltzer; ASA; Ascriptin A/D; Bayer; Bufferin; Easprin; Ecotrin; Empirin; Zorprin | |
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Cancer of the colon or rectum is often called colorectal cancer. The colon and the rectum are part of the large intestine, which is part of the digestive system. Tumors found in the colon or rectum may be benign (noncancerous) growths of tissue (polyps) or malignant cancerous growths of tissue that may spread to other parts of the body. 
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A drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clotting. Aspirin belongs to the family of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. It is also being studied in cancer prevention.
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Colorectal Cancer as related to Aspirin
- Colorectal cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Effect of aspirin on long-term risk of colorectal cancer: consistent evidence from randomised and observational studies". Lancet 369 (9573): 1603-13. doi : 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60747 ...
- ACS :: Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer
Article date: 1998/05/20 By now, many people know regular, low-dose aspirin use can cut the risk for a second heart attack and certain types of stroke—mainly by preventing blood ...
- ACS :: Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer
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- News and Resources - Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada - CCAC
For more information or to order free publication, call our toll-free information line: 1-877-50COLON ( 26566 ) ...
- Aspirin May Stop Colon Cancer
A U.K. study shows that five years of daily, full-dose aspirin cuts colon cancer risk by as much as 74% -- contradicting earlier U.S. studies.
- Colorectal cancer and aspirin
Banner Health - Making a Difference in People's Lives Welcome to BannerHealth.com. Banner Health is making a difference in people´s lives through excellent patient care at ...
- Aspirin's Colorectal Cancer Prevention Mechanism Revealed By Study
Aspirin therapy's ability to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, an association seen in a large number of studies, appears to depend on the drug's inhibition of the COX-2 enzyme ...
- Aspirin Blocks Only Some Colon Cancer
New insights into how colorectal cancers develop could lead to a targeted approach for using aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent the disease.
- Aspirin, Colon Cancer
Three prospective, published trials have found that low dose aspirin (81-325mg) appears to cause a measurable decrease in the recurrence of colorectal adenomas (potentially ...
- Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Colon Polyps - National Cancer Institute
In patients with advanced adenomas or colorectal cancer, the same daily low-dose aspirin -- 80 milligrams -- reduced the risk of advanced adenoma recurrence by 40 percent.
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