A new report released from the Nurses’ Health Study has stated that taking one aspirin tablet every other day can be highly beneficial for breast cancer survivors. Dr. Bernadine Healy reports, “The long-term, low-dose aspirin program was initiated a year or more after the cancer diagnosis as an add-on to treatment, not as a substitute for it, to control the fate of tumor cells silently left behind.”
The study began in 1976 and carried on until 2006; it involved 4,164 breast cancer survivors and was focused on their aspirin use. Aspirin seems to be beneficial for breast cancer survivors because it interferes with the spreading of cancer; “The power to spread is the power to kill,” says Healy. The women who took aspirin on a regular basis were 71% less likely to have a fatal recurrence of breast cancer compared to those who were taking little or no aspirin.
Healy says, “Aspirin has proved itself as a safe, effective, and inexpensive preventive medicine that cuts the risk for colon and prostate cancer and for years has served as a way to prevent heart disease and stroke. Here the Nurses’ Health Study shows, for the first time, that breast cancer survivors can substantially lower their risk of a recurrent, deadly tangle with this cancer in the future.”
If you are a breast cancer survivor, ask a doctor near you if taking aspirin on a regular basis is a good choice for you.
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