Aspirin May Help Cut Risk of Cancer

Aspirin, already widely used by people hoping to ward off heart attacks, may also be helpful in preventing often-deadly pancreatic cancer.

University of Minnesota researchers studied the use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by 28,283 postmenopausal women.

They found that those who took aspirin had a 43% lower rate of pancreatic cancer than nonusers, and that the risk of the cancer declined with increasing frequency of aspirin use.

The findings are reported in today’s issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.