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Low-Dose Aspirin and Cancer Prevention in Older Adults

New analysis from the ASPREE study explores who may benefit—or be harmed—by daily aspirin use for cancer prevention.

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Naveen Sankar S
Oct 07, 2025
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A secondary analysis of the ASPREE trial suggests that low-dose aspirin may reduce cancer risk in certain older adults but increase it in others, pointing toward a complex, individualized relationship between aspirin, aging, and cancer biology.

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The ASPREE (Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) trial originally enrolled over 19,000 adul…

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