CHICAGO, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Nurse's Health Study has found regular, long-term aspirin use can significantly reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.
The downside, researchers said, is the benefit appears to require more than a decade to be obtained and is strongest at dose levels associated with a greater risk of side effects, such as bleeding.
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Similar results were reportedly found for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen and naproxen.
The report from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute appears in the Aug. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
