Calcium Supplements for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas

A. Baron, John; Beach, Michael; S. Mandel, Jack; U. van Stolk, Rosalind; W. Haile, Robert; S. Sandler, Robert; Rothstein, Richard; W. Summers, R.; C. Snover, Dale; J. Beck, Gerald; H. Bond, John; D Frankl, H; Pearson, Loretta; Robert Greenberg, E.

doi:10.1056/nejm199901143400204

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Calcium Supplements for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 14, 1999

Authors:

John A. Baron

Michael Beach

Jack S. Mandel

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Laboratory, clinical, and epidemiologic evidence suggests that calcium may help prevent colorectal adenomas. We conducted a randomized, double-blind trial of the effect of supplementation with calcium carbonate on the recurrence of colorectal adenomas. We randomly assigned 93...

Subject

Medicine

Adenoma

Colonoscopy

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