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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Wed Apr 25, 2012, 11:02 AM Apr 2012

Aspirin taken daily 'cuts bowel cancer death risk'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17823877

Bowel cancer patients who take daily aspirin could cut their chance of dying from the disease by about a third, experts believe.

A study in the British Journal of Cancer looked at 4,500 bowel cancer patients living in The Netherlands.

All of the patients on aspirin were taking a low dose - 80mg or less a day - something already recommended for people with heart disease.

But experts say it is too soon to start routinely offering it for bowel cancer.

A wealth of evidence already suggests aspirin might prevent certain cancers from developing in the first place. And more recent work suggests it might also work as a cancer therapy - slowing down or preventing a cancer's spread.

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Aspirin taken daily 'cuts bowel cancer death risk' (Original Post) xchrom Apr 2012 OP

i already take it as i have hard to control cholesterol mopinko Apr 2012 #1

Check with your doc. It can emilyg Apr 2012 #2

mopinko

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1. i already take it as i have hard to control cholesterol

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:15 PM

Apr 2012

but i have also had one pre-cancerous polyp removed. that was 8 years ago, close to the time i started taking the aspirin, and none since.
only one little data point, but i will definitely continue the regimen. colon cancer killed 3 of my aunts. not that i fear it. i get my regular colonoscopies. but it would be nice to keep it away anyway.

emilyg

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2. Check with your doc. It can

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:12 PM

Apr 2012

cause bleeding.

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