A crop of studies at AACR today show that reducing inflammation may reduce the risks of cancer. One study found that women who use aspirins frequently developed fewer cancers than women who did use aspirin.
Study—Association of Aspirin and Non-Aspirin NSAIDs with Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort Study (Abstract 3400)
A study by the Mayo Clinic of women in the Iowa Women’s Health Study found that regular aspirin use reduced cancer incidence and mortality. Interestingly, these benefits were not associated with non-aspirin NSAID drugs that have been the subject of much media attention recently (or, to be more specific, the benefits were not statistically significant with NSAIDs).
The proof was in the numbers, where aspirin dropped the risk of developing cancer by 16% and decreased mortality by 13%. This study was unique because it did not look at a specific cancer, like breast cancer, rather it looked at overall cancer incidence.
“These study results do not mean, however, that women should throw away their NSAIDs or pick up a bottle of aspirin,” says the study’s lead author, Aditya Bardia, M.D., M.P.H. “This is just one study,” he says. “However, it does provide provocative evidence that regular aspirin use may play a role in preventing the most common chronic diseases in western countries, namely cancer and heart disease.”
Study—Association of Aspirin and Non-Aspirin NSAIDs with Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort Study (Abstract 3400)
A study by the Mayo Clinic of women in the Iowa Women’s Health Study found that regular aspirin use reduced cancer incidence and mortality. Interestingly, these benefits were not associated with non-aspirin NSAID drugs that have been the subject of much media attention recently (or, to be more specific, the benefits were not statistically significant with NSAIDs).
The proof was in the numbers, where aspirin dropped the risk of developing cancer by 16% and decreased mortality by 13%. This study was unique because it did not look at a specific cancer, like breast cancer, rather it looked at overall cancer incidence.
“These study results do not mean, however, that women should throw away their NSAIDs or pick up a bottle of aspirin,” says the study’s lead author, Aditya Bardia, M.D., M.P.H. “This is just one study,” he says. “However, it does provide provocative evidence that regular aspirin use may play a role in preventing the most common chronic diseases in western countries, namely cancer and heart disease.”