Aspirin dec colorectal cancer, if less healthy lifestyle
A recent large prospective epidemiologic assessment found that taking aspirin decreased the incidence of colorectal cancer in people with less healthy lifestyles (see aspirin dec colorectal cancer JAMAonc2024 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.2503) Details : -- 63,957 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (female nurses aged 30-55, from 1980-2018) and 43,698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (males aged 40-75, from 1986-2018), a total of 107,655 study participants, were assessed with data analyzed from 2021-2023 -- participants completed biennial questionnaires that included validated assessments of diet, lifestyle factors, medication use, and disease outcomes (including colorectal cancer: CRC), and had a 90% available person-time follow-up. The dietary intake was from a self-reported semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire every four years (dietary quality was defined as adherence to the s...