Weight control and moderate exercise will also reduce cancers of the breast and uterus as well as cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks or strokes. Some studies have shown that low dose aspirin therapy, at doses generally used to prevent heart disease, seems to reduce colon polyps and cancers. Ask your physician if you should be taking low dose aspirin therapy. Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women may reduce the risk of colon cancer by as much as 31 percent. Hormone replacement therapy also reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, so ask your doctor if you should be on estrogen replacement therapy.
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