CHICAGO - Score another win for the humble aspirin(阿斯匹林). A study suggests colon cancer(结肠癌) patients who took the dirt-cheap(贱如粪土的,非常便宜地)wonder drug reduced their risk of death from the disease by nearly 30 percent.
Aspirin already is recommended for preventing heart attacks and strokes(中风), along with its traditional use for relief of minor aches and pains. Its merit in colon cancer prevention has been tempered by its side effects, bleeding from irritation(刺激) of the stomach or intestines(肠).
The new study suggests patients who already have colon cancer may benefit from taking aspirin along with surgery and chemotherapy(化学疗法). In a separate analysis of a subgroup of patients, only those with the most common type of tumor(肿瘤), those that overproduce the Cox-2 enzyme(酶), saw a benefit.