«The current study was designed to determine the effect of inhibition of platelet activation and function
by aspirin therapy on colon and pancreatic cancer cell proliferation,» the researchers wrote.
Not exact matches
After excluding patients with liver cancer before the follow ‐ up index dates, 1,553 patients who had continuously received daily
aspirin for at least 90 days were randomly matched 1:4 with 6,212 patients who had never received anti platelet
therapy by means of propensity scores consisting of baseline characteristics, the index date and nucleos (t) ide analogue (NA) use during follow ‐ up.
Some patients who have a reaction to
aspirin are told they are allergic without being tested
by an allergist, and stop an otherwise effective
therapy.
In men,
aspirin therapy slashed the risk of heart attack
by 32 % but didn't affect their risk for stroke.
One survey of studies comprising nearly 100,000 people found that
aspirin therapy reduced the risk of cardiovascular events and stroke in women
by 12 % and 17 %, respectively, but did not reduce the likelihood of a heart attack or early death.