title: Aspirin use and cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract.
abstract: The role of aspirin on the risk of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract was investigated in the combined data of three Italian case-control studies, including 965 cases and 1779 hospital controls. The odds ratio was 0.33 for users of > or = 5 years, and 0.51 for > or = 5 years since first use.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. bosetti@marionegri.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosetti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talamini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Negri
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Garavello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D001241:Aspirin