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Aspirin lowers risk of cancer mortality
Sunday August 12, 2012 03:11:14 PM,
IANS
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Washington: Aspirin
intake tends to lower the risk of cancer mortality, says a study.
A recent pooled analysis of randomized trials looking at the
effects of daily aspirin use as a preventive measure found a
significant 37 percent fall in overall cancer mortality.
But the effects of long-term daily aspirin use on cancer mortality
remain largely unknown, the Journal of the National Cancer
Institute reports.
Eric J. Jacobs, Epidemiology Research Programme at the American
Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlanta looked at data on 100,139 men and
women who had no prior history of cancer but had been taking
aspirin daily, ACS said.
The researchers found that among 5,138 participants who died
because of cancer, daily aspirin usage was linked with slightly
lower cancer mortality and was unrelated to the length of daily
use.
"Our results are consistent with an association between recent
daily aspirin use and modestly lower cancer mortality," the
authors said.
However, the estimated reduced risk of 16 percent was much lower
than the 37 percent reduction seen during a five-year follow-up
period in the pooled analysis.
Still, the researchers said: "Even a relatively modest benefit
with respect to overall cancer mortality could still meaningfully
influence the balances of risk and benefits of prophylactic
aspirin use."
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