People who regularly take aspirin may cut their risk for heritable cancers
Americans trying to cope with the rising costs of healthcare can help relieve the pressure on their bankbooks by purchasing their drugs through a Canadian internet pharmacy.
Americans trying to cope with the rising costs of healthcare can help relieve the pressure on their bankbooks by purchasing their drugs through a Canadian internet pharmacy. These businesses sell many of the same prescription and over the counter medications available in the U.S., including aspirin, but at a fraction of the cost. People may take an aspirin regimen for heart health, but new research suggests this common drug may also help cut risks for certain heritable cancers.
Scientists based in the UK studied about 1,000 patients in 16 countries, who all had Lynch syndrome, which is an inherited genetic disease that impairs one's cells from fixing DNA damage. Half of people with this disorder develop cancer, usually in the bowel or uterus.
Results showed that people who regularly took aspirin were half as likely to get cancer as those who did not. When it came to bowel cancer, there was no difference in the number of polyps counted inside people between both groups. However, the polyps of people who regularly took aspirin were less likely to become malignant, as published Oct. 28 in The Lancet.
"For those who have a history of hereditary cancers in their family, like bowel and womb cancers, this will be welcome news," said author Patrick Morrison.
Further studies will determine what optimal doses of aspirin should be, and how effective it is in preventing bowel cancer in the general population, Morrison added.
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