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Short-term effects of daily aspirin on cancer incidence, mortality, and non-vascular death: Analysis of the time course of risks and benefits in 51 randomised controlled trials
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Background Daily aspirin reduces the long-term risk of death due to cancer. However, the short-term effect is less certain, especially in women, effects on cancer incidence are largely unknown, and the time course of risk and benefit in primary prevention is unclear. We studied cancer deaths in all trials of daily aspirin versus control and the time course of effects of low-dose aspirin on cancer incidence and other outcomes in trials in primary prevention. Methods We studied individual patie...
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- Journal:
- Lancet
- Volume:
- 379
- Issue:
- 9826
- Pages:
- 1602-1612
- Publication date:
- 2012-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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343070
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pubs:343070
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uuid:bf57dfee-fcac-484f-b1a9-b824eb53c70f
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- pubs:343070
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2012
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