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Long-term aspirin treatment can reduce risk of certain types of cancer.
by Milota Sidorova

Aspirin or drugs based on the same platform can reduce the risk of certain types of cancer – this is what came out of a recent study published by British team lead by Prof. Peter Rothwell. Rothwell from John Radcliffe Hospital and the University of Oxford suggested that drugs can have a positive side effect, if are taken in very low-dose portions (75 miligrams) for a very long time. To get a better perspective, 75 mg is about a quarter of a normal pill (325 mg). Long term usage (counting decades of years) resulted in 10 percent drop in death cases of prostate cancer cases, 30 percent among lung cancer patients – however only with a special type of lung cancer ! appearing among non-smokers, 40 percent among colorectal cancer cases and 60 percent among esophageal cancer patients. The results were significant after a long time – they generally appeared after 20 years of usage. The study was published on Dec 7 in online edition of The Lancet. The research was held on 25,500 patients who were under regular observations between four and eight years, but results came out after 20+. In extreme interpretation it means that a person in his/her twenties needs to start this therapy if he/she wants to reduce the risk. Rothwell warns that people shouldn´t start to take aspirin immediatelly and without conscience, since it is just a „side effect“ and there was no other study monitoring any other side effect of such long term usage. Body usually gets used to the drug that becomes finally inefficient – for example antibiotics have been failing to treat new types of bacteria diseases, since new bacteria generations have! increased its tolerance and resistance to the drug. People s! hould lo ok critically at that kind of quick solutions – no drug can save a person from cancer or any other disease, if a person doesn´t care for healthy lifestyle. So instead of expensive treatments, the best solution is avoiding a stress, proper food and enough of phyiscal excercises – but this is certainly something familiar and well known for a long time.

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