TY - JOUR T1 - Taking aspirin daily for at least 4 years reduces long-term risk of cancer death JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 71 LP - 71 DO - 10.1136/ebn1165 VL - 14 IS - 3 AU - Elizabeth Ann Coleman Y1 - 2011/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/14/3/71.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Rothwell PM, Fowkes FG, Belch JF, et al. Effect of daily aspirin on long-term risk of death due to cancer: analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. Lancet 2011;377:31–41.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science ▪ The study findings that daily aspirin reduced cancer death by 20% need to be factored into guideline recommendations. The large effect size of aspirin, even in low dose, in preventing cancer may outweigh the small risk of stomach bleeds.▪ It may be recommended that persons at age 40 take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent cancer, not just of adenocarinoma of the gastrointestinal tract but of adenocarinoma of other tumour sites.▪ More trial data are needed on cancers that affect women, especially breast and gynaecological cancers. Cancer … ER -