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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Albeniz X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3354696 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garcia-Albeniz X X Chan A T AT
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology 20110801 4-5
Over 600,000 people worldwide die of colorectal cancer (CRC) annually, highlighting the importance of developing effective prevention strategies. Among proposed chemopreventive interventions, aspirin is perhaps the agent with the strongest body of evidence that supports wider spread use to significantly reduce the population burden of CRC. Several epidemiological studies, four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of colorectal polyp recurrence, and RCTs in patients with hereditary colorectal canc ...[more]