A series of new studies suggest taking a daily dose of aspirin
may help prevent, and possibly fight, cancer. Dr. Nancy
Snyderman reports. By Rachael Rettner Taking aspirin once a day
may help prevent cancer, and perhaps even in some cases treat
it, a growing body of research suggests. A new study finds that
people who took a low-dose aspirin daily for at least three
years were 25 percent less likely to develop cancer than people
who didn't take it. Aspirin also reduced the risk of death from
cancer by nearly 40 percent after five years, the researchers
said. The reduced risk of death may be due in part to a decrease
in cancer's ability to spread to other organs. In a second
study, researchers found a daily dose of aspirin led to a 36
percent reduction in the risk of being diagnosed with cancer
that spread to other organs. This suggests aspirin is likely "to
be an effective additional treatment after the diagnosis of
cancer," Dr. Peter Rothwell, one of the study's researchers and
a neurologist at the Universit