Aspirin Reduces Liver Fat in Clinical Trial of the Most Common Cause of Chronic Liver Disease
Results warrant additional studies into the health benefits of aspirin for patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease.
About Andrew Chan, MD, MPH
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cancer prevention
- Colon and rectal cancer
- Gastroenterology
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Hereditary colorectal cancer
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Gastroenterology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2426
Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School*
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Nishihara R, Wu K, Lochhead P, Morikawa T, Liao X, Qian ZR, Inamura K, Kim SA, Kuchiba A, Yamauchi M, Imamura Y, Willett WC, Rosner BR, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci E, Ogino S , Chan AT (co-senior authors). Long-term colorectal-cancer incidence and mortality after lower endoscopy. N Engl J Med 2013. 369(12):1095-105.
- Nishihara R, Lochhead P, Kuchiba A, Jung S, Yamauchi M, Liao X, Imamura Y, Qian ZR, Morikawa T, Wang M, Spiegelman D, Cho E, Giovannucci E, Fuchs CS, Chan AT , Ogino S (co-senior authors). Aspirin use and risk of colorectal cancer according to BRAF mutation status. JAMA. 2013. 309: 2563-71. PMCID: PMC3743040
- Liao X, Lochhead P, Nishihara R, Morikawa T, Kuchiba A, Yamauchi M, Imamura Y, Qian Z, Baba Y, Shima K, Meyerhardt JA, Giovannucci E, Fuchs CS, Chan AT , Ogino S (co-senior authors). Aspirin use, PIK3CA mutation, and colorectal cancer survival. N Engl J Med. 2012; 367: 1596-606. PMCID: PMC3532946
- Chan AT, Ogino S, Giovannucci EL, Fuchs CS. Inflammatory markers are associated with risk of colorectal cancer and chemopreventative response to anti-inflammatory drugs. Gastroenterology. 2011. 140(3): 799-808. PMCID: PMC3049858
- Chan AT, Ogino S, Fuchs CS. Aspirin use and survival after diagnosis of colorectal cancer. JAMA. 2009;302(6):649-58. PMCID: PMC2848289. Chan AT, Ogino S, Fuchs CS. Aspirin and the risk of colorectal cancer in relation to the expression of COX-2. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(21):2131-42.