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Taking low-dose aspirin is associated with 20% reduction in cancer deaths

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Re: Taking low-dose aspirin is associated with 20% reduction in cancer deaths

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although indiscriminate long term aspiring can cause GI side effects

Only for some people, I've taken low dose aspirin (family history of heart attack) for 20 years now without any side effects (except perhaps not dying from heart attacks)

Re: Taking low-dose aspirin is associated with 20% reduction in cancer deaths

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although indiscriminate long term aspiring can cause GI side effects

Also addressed in TFA, it turns out. GI symptoms are pretty mild in the universe of cancer drug side effects, and the aspirin slows metastatic cancer spread considerably, so seems like a no brainer.
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