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Aspirin Found to Prevent Cancer in Lynch Syndrome
Aspirin Found to Prevent Cancer in Lynch Syndrome
P Wendling
20090906
2009 Oct 6
Elsevier Global Medical News
Aspirin Found to Prevent Cancer in Lynch Syndrome
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 6, P Wendling
BERLIN (EGMN) - The perseverance of researchers has led to the preliminary finding that aspirin helps prevent cancers in Lynch syndrome, a genetic condition that accounts for about 5% of all colon cancers.A daily dose of 600 mg aspirin reduces the cancer burden in this high-risk group by about one-half, with the effect becoming apparent after about 3 years, co-principal investigator Prof. John Burn said at a joint congress of the European Cancer Organization and European Society for Medical Oncology.This...