Breast Cancer and Aspirin

Besides garlic, aspirin has also been shown to both thin the blood and be preventative against breast cancer. Aspirin, a salicylate, thins the blood by blocking vitamin K. Because of this, people who take aspirin for long periods, like people who take antibiotics long term, are at risk for bleeding problems.

Studies showing aspirin is effective against breast cancer include:

• A study from the Bone Metabolism and Breast Cancer Research, Institut Jules Bordet, in Brussels, Belgium has shown that aspirin inhibits breast cancer cells growth and their synthesis.
  
  
• A study of 32,505 women in central Ohio found that "breast cancer rates decreased by about 50% with regular ibuprofen intake, and by about 40% with regular aspirin intake."
  
  
• A 1994 study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that the "incidence of several cancers was lower among persons who reported aspirin use." The types of cancer lower among aspirin users included lung cancer, breast cancer in women and colorectal cancer in younger men.
  
  
• A 1976 study in the Lancet found that "the activity of 8 of the 9 osteolytically active breast cancer tumours was significantly, though not completely inhibited by aspirin."
  
  
• American Cancer Society researchers report that overall cancer rates were about 15% lower in people who used adult-dose aspirin daily for 5 years or longer.
  

Reports showing aspirin as an anticoagulant include:

• A report by the FDA noted that aspirin can cause bleeding.
  
  
• An article from the BBC reviews the dangers of taking even low dose aspirin because of bleeding problems.

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