They found that, with a mean follow-up of 6.5 years, allocation to aspirin reduced risk of cancer with distant metastasis by 36%, risk of adencarcioma (common solid cancers including colon, lung, and prostate cancers) by 46%, and of other solid cancers (eg bladder, kidney) by 18%.

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It found that aspirin reduced by 35% the overall risk of fatal common solid cancers including colon, lung, and prostate cancers in the trial populations, but not the risk of other fatal cancers such as blood cancers.

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It seems powerless against some cancers, including colon cancer.

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It can be used to detect cancers including those of the lung, colon, head and neck, and gives consultants a detailed three dimensional scan of the affected areas of the body.

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In addition, Nelson notes, Myriad has products on the market, including several diagnostic tests for genes that confer susceptibility to breast, prostate and colon cancers, and it sells these tests through a collaboration with Burlington, N.

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