Acetylsalicylic acid can be used as a cancer prevention
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid, a classic medicine that can certainly be found in the medicine cabinet of every person, is used to treat many diseases. Most often it is used as an anti-inflammatory or antipyretic drug. Recent research has shown that aspirin can inhibit bowel cancer, cardiovascular disease and even protects women from developing melanoma.
Melanoma is one of the most dangerous oncological diseases, which is a malignant tumor that occurs, mainly, in skin cells, the retina of the eye or on the mucous membrane. Melanoma can most often metastasize to almost all important human organs.
For 12 years, scientists from the University of Stanford (USA) were studying the occurrence and development of melanoma in adult women living in the United States. In this experiment, women with white skin age from 25 years old participated. For the duration of the study, the researchers analyzed statistics on 50,000 women, which makes the study fairly large.
In the course of analysis of the data obtained, specialists found that regular use of aspirin (about two times a week) reduced the probability of occurrence of malignant cancerous tumors in the skin cells by 20-22%. More than 15,000 women, out of 50,000 people interviewed, took several times a week to take aspirin to relieve headache or reduce fever. Only 115 women taking aspirin, have suffered from skin cancer. For comparison, out of 35,000 women who did not use aspirin, about 340 people became ill with skin cancer.
After receiving the data, doctors are interested in the action that aspirin can have on the human body. One of the most popular versions is one that explains the effect by the fact that aspirin, which has an anti-inflammatory effect, is able to stop inflammatory processes in the skin during the growth of the tumor.
Melanoma is one of the most dangerous malignant tumors that are known to medicine at the moment. The leading risk factor for developing melanoma is ultraviolet radiation, both natural (bright sunlight) and artificial (currently popular solariums). The most predisposed to the development of a malignant tumor on the skin are light-skinned and blonde people with blue or gray eyes. Solar burns, obtained even at an early age, can be considered by doctors as a factor that has the ability to form melanomas on the skin or mucous membranes of the eyes. In this regard, doctors strongly recommend the use of protective products for the skin and sunglasses. Such precautions can protect the body from the negative effects of sunlight, which can lead to the formation of a malignant tumor. Also, doctors recommend that you limit the visit to the solarium and be sure to use protective products for the skin before the session.
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