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Relationship between aspirin use of esophageal, gastric and colorectal cancer patient survival: a meta-analysis.

Ju-Li LinJian-Xian LinChao-Hui ZhengPing LiJian-Wei XieJia-Bin WangJun LuQi-Yue ChenLong-Long CaoMi LinChang-Ming Huang
Published in: BMC cancer (2020)
These findings provide further indications that postdiagnosis aspirin use improves overall survival and cancer-specific survival in colorectal cancer, especially for patients who are positive for PTGS2 (COX-2) expression and PIK3CA-mutated tumors. However, aspirin therapy does not improve overall survival in esophageal and gastric cancers, although the meta-analysis was mainly limited to retrospective studies.
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