Daily aspirin may protect against melanoma
Long-term use cut risk of deadly skin cancer by almost half, study finds
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor updated 6/23/2011 8:58:48 AM ET
An aspirin a day may keep melanoma at bay, a new study suggests.
After scrutinizing the medical records of 1,000 people, an international team of researchers have determined that the risk of melanoma was cut by almost half when people took a daily dose of aspirin for at least five years.
“Our data at least support the hypothesis that long-term steady aspirin use has an effect,” said study co-author Dr. Robert Stern, a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and chief of dermatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
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