Aspirin linked to pancreatic cancer

Main Category: Pancreatic Cancer
Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics
Article Date: 02 Nov 2003 - 0:00 PDT


Regular aspirin use may raise women's risk of developing pancreatic cancer, reported The Sun (28 October 2003). The article appears to be based on a poster presentation. It is not possible to comment on the reliability of the research findings as the poster abstract and press release provide insufficient detail.

The Sun reported that women who take an aspirin a day have a higher risk of deadly pancreatic cancer.

The newspaper article appears to be based on an abstract and press release for a poster presentation given at the Second Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.

The study examined the relationship between aspirin use and the development pancreatic cancer among the participants in the Nurses' Health Study. Among the 88,378 participating women, 161 cases of pancreatic cancer were documented during 18 years of follow up. The study found that a long duration of regular aspirin use was associated with a significant increase in pancreatic cancer risk.

It is not possible to comment on the quality of the research or the reliability of the findings as the poster abstract and press release provide insufficient detail.

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