Aspirin reduces the risk of cancer

• May 3, 2024

According to scientists from the Oxford University , the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and other research centers, minimum doses of aspirin (approximately 75 mg) can help significantly reduce the death rate from cancer , even up to 20%. This according to a study that was carried out with the participation of 25 thousand patients, from the United Kingdom, whose results were announced in the journal The Lancet .

Added to this results, another study showed that this rate of decline can even reach up to 35% in specific cases like cancer of the colon and rectum . That is why they are conducting analyzes to identify the incidence of aspirin in various types of cancer.

As with any treatment, there are risks in the use of this drug , even in some patients it can cause intestinal hemorrhages Y stomach , but the benefits that it entails protective against cancer, this drug has proven to be above the odds, in addition to the recent discovery, it is known that aspirin also serves to prevent heart attacks and strokes .

In the study, patients who took the drug showed a 25% lower risk of death from cancer during the period of the investigation and a 10% decrease in the risk of death from any cause, compared to patients who did not take the drug.

The supplied dose However, it was very small. The commercially available tablets are 500 mg, while the dose studied was 75 mg.

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Sources: BBC World

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