Monday, August 8, 2022

MORE ON ASPIRIN AND OVCA


 Linda in Athens

We have discussed this before.  A recent meta-analysis confirms that continued use of low-dose aspirin significantly reduces the risk of contracting OVCA,  (A meta-analysis is a fancy way of combining the results of many individual studies.)  Negative factors include increase in risk of internal bleeding, and (new to me) stroke.  So, I guess, you just pays your money and takes your chance, as they used to say back in Beaumont in the 1950s.  Also new to me was that non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as Tylenol actually INCREASE the risk of OVCA.  As they also said in Beaumont, sometimes you can’t win for losen.   

https://ascopost.com/news/july-2022/meta-analysis-examines-link-between-aspirin-use-and-ovarian-cancer-risk/ 

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