A study presented at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology has indicated that the use of mesalamine among patients with inflammatory bowel disease is associated with a decrease in the incidence of colorectal cancer when compared to cases and controls. The research was conducted by scientists at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, who matched 16 patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease to 23 controls with similar body mass index, family history of IBD, family history of colorectal cancer and smoking.