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Cancer risk lowered by taking aspirin twice a week, study finds. Digestive tract cancers show best results




Taking aspirin at least twice a week may help lower the risk of developing fatal diseases such as pancreatic, bowel, stomach and liver cancer, according to new research.

An analysis of 113 cancer studies, published in Annals of Oncology, found a link between aspirin and digestive tract cancers, which have particularly high death rates.

People who took at least one or two tablets a week had a reduction in the risk of these types of cancers of between 22 per cent and 38 per cent.

“These…



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