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Volume 356:2130 May 24, 2007 Number 21
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Aspirin and Colorectal Cancer in Relation to the Expression of COX-2

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This study of 636 cases of colorectal cancer culled from two large cohorts of participants who reported data on aspirin use showed that regular use of aspirin reduced the risk of having a colorectal cancer that expressed high amounts of COX-2, an enzyme affected by aspirin.



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