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Can Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Be Recommended to Prevent Colon Cancer in High Risk Elderly Patients?

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  1. Division of Digestive Diseases, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Markos I. Koutsos, Steven J. Shiff &  Basil Rigas

  2. Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA

    Steven J. Shiff &  Basil Rigas

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Koutsos, M.I., Shiff, S.J. & Rigas, B. Can Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Be Recommended to Prevent Colon Cancer in High Risk Elderly Patients?. Drugs & Aging 6, 421–425 (1995). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199506060-00001

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