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Aspirin as Safeguard Questioned; Study Links Long-Term Use, Pancreatic Cancer.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2003
By Marilynn Marchione, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 28--Experts warn not to make too much of it, but a new study casts a small cloud over the sunny expectations about aspirin's ability to prevent heart disease, breast and colon cancer and a host of other maladies.
Women who took aspirin regularly for a long time had higher rates of deadly pancreatic cancer in a study of more than 88,000 nurses by Harvard University researchers.
It's one of very few significantly negative findings in a large body of evidence that suggests aspirin is a cheap, relatively safe way to ward off ailments as diverse as Alzheimer's disease, stroke and cataracts.
Doctors say people should consider their own health...
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